On August 1 at about 9:15 p.m. local time, a Beech King Air C90B lost engine power while cruising in VMC and crash landed near Georgetown, Ky., some 80 miles short of its Part 91 IFR flight-planned destination of Somerset, Ky. According to the NTSB’s preliminary report, the pilot said that when a fuel crossfeed light illuminated, he reset the indication and the right engine lost power.
The pilot further said that the autofeather system feathered the right propeller. He could not recall feathering the left engine; however, investigators found the left propeller in the feathered position and the right propeller in flat pitch.
The airplane was substantially damaged and the pilot and one passenger received serious injuries, with the two other passengers suffering minor injuries. The flight had originated from Red Lake, Ontario, Canada, earlier in the afternoon; the turboprop twin first flew to Duluth, Minn., where records indicated the airplane uplifted 140 gallons of jet-A with Prist. The aircraft took off from Duluth about 50 minutes later and then landed in Dayton, Ohio, before departing for Somerset. According to FBO personnel in Dayton, the airplane was not fueled before takeoff.