Beech 95 accident near Tucson, AZ
On January 1, 2003, a Beech 95 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Tucson, AZ. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- January 1, 2003
- Place
- Tucson, AZ
- Aircraft
- Beech 95 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 32.149°N, 110.931°W
- NTSB ID
- 20030107X00031
Official records · LAX03FA057
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On January 1, 2003, at 1212 mountain standard time, a Beech 95, N8212D, collided with terrain during departure from runway 6R at Ryan Airfield, Tucson, Arizona. The private pilot/owner was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The pilot and two passengers sustained serious injuries and one passenger sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was destroyed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed. The primary wreckage was at 32 degrees 08.48 minutes north latitude and 111 degrees 10.16 minutes west longitude. The flight was the first of two local sightseeing flights for relatives of the pilot. Family members who observed the accident provided statements to the Pima County Sheriff's Department. The pilot had completed an uneventful 2-hour flight the previous day. As they watched the airplane takeoff, one family member heard a pop, which sounded like a backfire. The right wing dipped; then the airplane's nose went down and into the ground. The local controller (LC) and ground controller (GC) in the air traffic control tower (ATCT), which was down approximately 1/4 the length of the runway, observed the takeoff. Other witnesses were also in the tower. The LC said that the pilot of N8212D called in ready for departure. He cleared the pilot for departure on runway 6 right with a right turn on departure. Everything looked good until the airplane began to turn. He thought that it didn't look right. The airplane was low and at midfield. It was a normal turn except that is was way low. The airplane was past
Probable cause
a loss power in the right engine due to an excessively rich mixture that was the result of the pilot's failure to secure the priming control prior to takeoff. Also causal was the pilot's failure to follow the single engine procedures specified in the operating manual for this aircraft, and, his failure to attain and maintain the correct airspeeds for single engine operation, and to maintain direct
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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.
