# NTSB Accident CHI97FA220
> **Beech B-60** · 1997-07-20 · SPRINGFIELD, MO, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI97FA220
- **Event ID:** 20001208X08310
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-07-20
- **Location:** SPRINGFIELD, MO, USA
- **Coordinates:** 37.210338, -93.350173
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 4
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Beech
- **Model:** B-60
- **Registration:** N3359P
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's fuel mismanagement and his failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in fuel exhaustion followed by the loss of power in one engine and the loss of aircraft control.  Contributing was the pilot's failure to refuel the aircraft, the pilot's failure to feather the propeller of  the non-operating engine, and his extension of the landing gear.

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