Beech 99 accident near Louisville, Kentucky, July 16, 1985
On July 16, 1985 at about 9:30 am local time, a Beech 99, registered N95WA, was substantially damaged in an accident near Louisville, Kentucky (Standiford airport). It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135). No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- July 16, 1985 · about 9:30 am local time
- Place
- Louisville, Kentucky · Standiford
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Beech 99 · all 99s on the register
- Registration
- N95WA · registry record · serial U-6
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
WHILE ENROUTE TO 8000 FT, BOTH ENG LOST ALL POWER. THE PLTS ATTEMPTED RETURN TO THE DEPARTURE A/P WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. HE MADE AN EMERG LDG ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. ALL LANDING GEAR WAS DAMAGED. THE FUEL TANKS WERE EMPTY. THERE WERE CONFLICTING FUEL QUANTITY INDICATIONS PRIOR TO T/O. NO ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO DETERMINE THE ACTUAL FUEL QUANTITY PRIOR TO FLT. THE A/C HAD A HISTORY OF FUEL QUANTITY INDICATING PROBLEMS.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: flight instructor, private
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instructor: airplane multi-engine; instructor: airplane single-engine; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 11,233 hours in all; 560 in this make and model; 108 in the last 90 days; 12 in the last 30 days; 11,233 as pilot in command; 2,044 on instruments
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 25,576 hours
- Last inspection: 100-hour inspection, July 9, 1985; 12 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 10,400 lb
- Seats: 2
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: P&W PT6A-20 (turboprop); 0 hours total
- Operator: H & D Aviation, INC.
The flight
- Departed from: SDF Louisville KY at 9:20 am
- Destination: HUF Terre Haute IN
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 0
Weather at the time
- Light: night, dark
- Wind: from 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Sky: broken clouds at 12,000 ft; not recorded
- Temperature: 72°F (22°C), dew point 64°F (18°C)
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observation at 9:53 am from SDF, 1 miles away
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Other NTSB records under N95WA the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
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