Uploaded April 2021 | Updated September 2026, 19 hours ago
In the early morning light on April 22, 2019, the pilot of a Beechcraft Baron 58 preflights his aircraft at West Houston Airport in Texas, before he heads to the terminal to greet his five passengers.
The flight will take just over one hour. But the pilot’s mistaken beliefs about existing onboard fuel will prove disastrous and clinch the flight’s outcome.
Join the AOPA Air Safety Institute as we follow the Baron’s flight and learn how an unfortunate chain of events ultimately led to tragedy.
Apply credit to your ASI transcript for watching this video: bit.ly/ACSFaultyAssumptionsCert
To help make videos like these possible, consider donating to the AOPA Foundation: aopa.org/donation/oneclickdonation?keycode=R2014WASIUT
Watch more videos by the AOPA Air Safety Institute on our channel: youtube.com/AirSafetyInstitute
In the early morning light on April 22, 2019, the pilot of a Beechcraft Baron 58 preflights his aircraft at West Houston Airport in Texas, before he heads to the terminal to greet his five passengers.
The flight will take just over one hour. But the pilot’s mistaken beliefs about existing onboard fuel will prove disastrous and clinch the flight’s outcome.
Join the AOPA Air Safety Institute as we follow the Baron’s flight and learn how an unfortunate chain of events ultimately led to tragedy.
Apply credit to your ASI transcript for watching this video: bit.ly/ACSFaultyAssumptionsCert
To help make videos like these possible, consider donating to the AOPA Foundation: aopa.org/donation/oneclickdonation?keycode=R2014WASIUT
Watch more videos by the AOPA Air Safety Institute on our channel: youtube.com/AirSafetyInstitute
