NTSB FTW83LA197 — 1983-04-20 · GAGE, Oklahoma, United States

Current FAA registration · N599VK

Make / Model: BEECH 95-B55 (T42A)
Year of manufacture: 1970 · 13 years old at event
Engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)
Seats / Engines: 6 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date: 19700507
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S A7C0BB

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N599VK Beech 95-B55 None

Factual narrative

THE ACFT MADE A FORCED LANDING OFF ARPT AFTER THE ENGINE QUIT. THE WEATHER WAS VMC AND NO FLT PLAN WAS FILED. THIS WAS ACROSS-COUNTRY FLT FROM LOS ANGELES, CA TO BOLIVAR, MO WITH A FUEL STOP AT GAGE, OK. THE FLT CRASHED 900 FT SHORT OF THE RWY AT GAGE, OK. POSTCRASH INVESTIGATION BY THE ARPT MANAGER REVEALED AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE TANKS. AN ON SCENE INVESTIGATION BY A CONTINENTAL REPRESENTATIVE REVEALED NO FUEL IN THE SPIDER VALVE AND NO DRAINABLE FUEL IN ANY OF THE FUEL LINES. THE ARPT MANAGER VISUALLY CHECKED THE COCKPIT FUEL GAUGES FINDING THE LEFT TANK INDICATING EMPTY AND THE RIGHT 1/8 FULL. THE ACFT HAD FLOWN ABOUT 5 HOURS AND 24 MINUTES WHICH WOULD INDICATE FUEL CONSUMPTION OF ABOUT 138 GALLONS OF FUEL. THE ACFT HOLDS 142 GALLONS OF FUEL, OF WHICH 136 IS CONSIDERED USEABLE. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1983_FTW83LA197.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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