Beechcraft 95C-55 N616G

Summary

On 9 November 1987 at about 03:50 local time, a Beechcraft 95C-55 registered N616G, operated by Bruce & Mark MC Swiggan, was involved in an accident near Atlanta, Georgia, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

9 November 1987 at 03:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Nearest airport

William B Hartsfield (ATL)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Beechcraft 95C-55

Registration

N616G

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Bruce & Mark MC Swiggan

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Griffin → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ATL88FA032

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

ACFT WAS BEING POSITIONED TO BEGIN CARGO REVENUE FLT. AS ACFT TURNED FINAL AND LDG GEAR HANDLE WAS PUT IN DOWN POSITION PIC NOTED DIMMING OF ALL LIGHTS & COMMUNICATIONS WERE LOST. PIC UNAWARE GEAR WERE STILL RETRACTED UNTIL PROP TIPS CONTACTED RWY. DURING LANDING SLIDE LEFT INBOARD FUEL TANK DRAIN SHEARED AWAY, FUEL LEAKED FROM TANK, AND WAS IGNITED. PIC RPTED HE ELECTED TO LAND VICE GO-AROUND BECAUSE HE WAS IN A TCA WITH NO COMMUNICATIONS AND NO LIGHTS. INVESTIGATION FAILED TO REVEAL ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION. OPERATOR STATED IT WAS NORMAL PRACTICE TO START ENGINES WITH ALTERNATORS OFF. CIRCUMSTANCES WERE CONSISTENT WITH LOSS OF ALTERNATORS AND BATTERY ONLY OPERATION. ALTERNATORS TESTED OK DURING POST ACCIDENT CHECK.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.