Beechcraft 95-B55 N783PT

Summary

On 30 November 1986 at about 20:45 local time, a Beechcraft 95-B55 registered N783PT was involved in an accident near Dumas, Arkansas, United States. 5 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

30 November 1986 at 20:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Dumas, Arkansas, United States

Coordinates

33.8793, -91.4805

Aircraft

Beechcraft 95-B55

Registration

N783PT

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ft. Lauderdale → Stuttgart

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC87LA029

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING VFR OUT OF FT. LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED IMC WEATHER CLOSE TO VALDOSTA, GEORGIA. AT THIS POINT, THE PLT FURTHER STATED, HE AIR-FILED AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN BUT ELECTED NOT TO LAND AND REFUEL. ACCORDING TO ATC INFORMATION, THE AIRCRAFT DISAPPEARED FROM RADAR 44NM SHORT OF STUTTGART, ARKANSAS, HIS DESTINATION AIRPORT. REPORTS BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT INDICATED THAT A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WITH LOW IFR CONDITIONS EXISTED FROM THE MIDWESTERN PLAIN STATES TO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ON THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY REGION. POST-ACCIDENT CALCULATIONS REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN OPERATED OVER THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE GROSS WEIGHT DURING THE INITIAL PORTION OF THE FLIGHT AND THAT FUEL RESERVES FOR IFR OPERATIONS WERE NONEXISTENT. NO USABLE FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE AIRCRAFT'S TANKS, AND NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS COULD BE DETECTED DURING AN OPERATIONAL CHECK OF BOTH POWERPLANTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.