Beech 95-B55 accident near Plant City, FL
On April 23, 1995, a Beech 95-B55 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Plant City, FL. 2 people were seriously injured. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- April 23, 1995
- Place
- Plant City, FL
- Aircraft
- Beech 95-B55 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 0 fatal, 2 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 27.920°N, 82.119°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001207X03338
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On April 23, 1995, about 1730 eastern daylight time, N6855Z, a Beech 95-B55, registered to Turning Point Development Inc., crashed on takeoff from Plant City Municipal Airport, Plant City, Florida, while on a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was substantially damaged and the pilot and pilot-rated passenger received serious injuries. The flight was originating at the time of the accident. The previous flight had departed Tampa, Florida, Vandenburg Airport and the pilots reported the upper door latch popped open, and they landed in Plant City, Florida. After landing on runway 27 and executing four right turns to taxi back to runway 27, they took off. The right seat pilot stated that during the takeoff roll the airplane kept veering to the left, and he said that during the take-off roll they were both concerned that adequate runway might not be available. He said they lifted off at about 85 knots. The pilot and pilot rated ground witnesses stated that after liftoff the left engine lost power and the airplane stalled, rolled inverted and crashed in an industrial area to the left of the runway. The purpose of the flight was for the non-multiengine rated pilot in the left seat to obtain instruction from the flight instructor in the right seat. The flight instructor was not rated as a multiengine instructor. PERSONNEL INFORMATION The flight instructor was airline transport rated and held an instructor's certificate for airplane single engine land and instrument airpla
Probable cause
INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION, AND THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO ATTAIN VMC.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
