Beech 95-B55 accident near Morganton, NC
On February 19, 1996, a Beech 95-B55 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Morganton, NC. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- February 19, 1996
- Place
- Morganton, NC
- Aircraft
- Beech 95-B55 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 35.739°N, 81.690°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001208X05293
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On February 18, 1996, about 2036 eastern standard time, a Beech 95-B55, N448P, crashed during a go-around after landing at the Morganton-Lenoir Airport, Morganton, North Carolina. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. The airplane was destroyed by impact and a postcrash fire, and the airline transport-rated pilot, and one passenger were fatally injured. One passenger sustained serious injuries and three passengers sustained minor injuries. The flight originated about 1835, from the St. Augustine Airport, St. Augustine, Florida. The flight departed with full fuel tanks and according to all surviving passengers, the flight was uneventful until arrival in the traffic pattern. The runway lights were illuminated when the flight arrived and the pilot turned left downwind then base and lowered the landing gear. The pilot turned onto final approach to runway 3 with the flaps lowered to an undetermined position. One of the passengers who is a pilot and an Airframe and Powerplant mechanic stated that he heard the pilot advance both propeller controls to the high rpm position while on final approach. The airplane was landed first on the nose landing gear and then began to porpoise three times each increasing in "violence" as reported by one of the passengers. After the second bounce the pilot applied power to both engines. Following the third touchdown on the nose landing gear, the cabin door popped open 3-6 inches, the airplane pitched nose up, and the right front seat passenger gr
Probable cause
the pilot's delay in initiating a go-around (aborted landing), which resulted in his failure to obtain/maintain sufficient altitude or clearance from trees beyond the end of the runway. Factors relating to the accident were: the pilot's failure to ensure proper weight and balance of the airplane; and his improper flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in porpoising of t
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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.
