1 Sep 2018: Beech 55 95B55

1 Sep 2018: Beech 55 95B55 (N10DS) — Unknown operator

No fatalities • Waupaca, WI, United States

Probable cause

The total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

— NTSB Determination

Accident narrative

On August 31, 2018, at 2320 central daylight time, a Beech 55 airplane, N10DS, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Waupaca, Wisconsin. The pilot was seriously injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. According to information obtained by the responding Federal Aviation Administration inspector, the pilot was involved in a domestic incident against his wife. The police pursued the pilot, who went to the Oshkosh Airport (OSH), Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and entered his own airplane. He was instructed to not take off by the tower controller but departed the airport anyway. The pilot flew to Stevens Point Municipal Airport (STE), Stevens Points, Wisconsin, to refuel the airplane, but was met by law enforcement after he landed, so he departed STE, without refueling. During the approach to the Waupaca Municipal Airport (PCZ), Waupaca, Wisconsin, the airplane collided with terrain in a cornfield, about 1/2 to 1 mile northwest of the airport. Substantial damage was sustained to the airplane's fuselage and wings. A postaccident examination of the airplane did not find any fuel in the fuel tanks or lines.

Contributing factors

  • cause Fluid level
  • Pilot

Conditions

Weather
VMC, wind 160/07kt, vis 10sm

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