Beechcraft D-50 N666GK

Summary

On 9 January 1986 at about 01:15 local time, a Beechcraft D-50 registered N666GK was involved in an accident near Santa Rosa, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

9 January 1986 at 01:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Santa Rosa, California, United States

Nearest airport

Santa Rosa Air Center (001)

Coordinates

38.3907, -122.7492

Aircraft

Beechcraft D-50

Registration

N666GK

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Ferry

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Oakland → Santa Rosa

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

LAX86FA085

1 person died.

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, WHO WAS THE MECHANIC FOR THE ACFT & WHO POSSESSES FAA INSPECTION AUTHORIZATION, WAS FAMILIAR WITH THIS ACFT AND HAD FLOWN IT THE DAY BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. THE PLT FAILED TO REFUEL THE ACFT AFTER MAKING TWO ADDITIONAL FLTS. THE MAIN FUEL TANK GAGES WERE REPORTEDLY ACCURATE. ON THE RETURN LEG OF THE PLT'S LAST FLT, AS THE ACFT APPROACHED THE DESTINATION ARPT, BOTH ENGINES LOST POWER. THE PLT TURNED THE ACFT TOWARD THE ARPT AND THE RIGHT ENG SUDDENLY OBTAINED FUEL AND MOMENTARILY PRODUCED POWER. THE ACFT WAS BELOW VMC AT THE TIME. THE ACFT ROLLED LEFT, ACQUIRED A NEAR VERTICAL ATTITUDE AND CONTROL WAS LOST. THE ACFT THEN DESCENDED TO THE TERRAIN AND CRASHED ABOUT 1000 YARDS FROM THE ARPT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.