Aviation accident CEN19LA215

Name: aviation accident: Beech 65 near Sidney (2019-07-09)
Start: 2019-07-09
Location: Sidney, NE, USA

NONE · Beech 65 · 2019-07-09 · Sidney, NE, USA

Event

NTSB number: CEN19LA215
Event ID: 20190709X23744
Type: Accident
Date: 2019-07-09
Location: Sidney, NE, USA
Coordinates: 41.101387, -102.985275

Injuries

Highest injury: NONE
Fatal: 0
Serious: 0
Minor: 0
Uninjured: 1
Total aboard: 1

Aircraft

Make: Beech
Model: 65
Registration: N62069
FAR Part: 091
Engines: 2
Damage: SUBS

Conditions

Light: DAYL
Weather: VMC

Probable cause

The improper maintenance of the outboard left wing, which allowed electrical arcing and leaking of the fuel sending unit and subsequently resulted in ignition of fuel vapors and an explosion of the outboard left wing.

Source

Authoritative: NTSB CAROL
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown