Beech D95A accident near Lancaster, CA
On January 31, 2003, a Beech D95A (airplane) was involved in an accident near Lancaster, CA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- January 31, 2003
- Place
- Lancaster, CA
- Aircraft
- Beech D95A · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.746°N, 118.220°W
- NTSB ID
- 20030207X00185
Official records · LAX03FA078
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Audio Tape: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- FAA Tower Report: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On January 30, 2003, at 1937 Pacific standard time, a Beech D95A, N5639S, collided with a hangar during an aborted landing at William J. Fox Field, Lancaster, California. Barnes Aviation was operating the rental airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The certified flight instructor (CFI) pilot and the private pilot undergoing multiengine instruction (PUI) sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was destroyed. The local instructional flight departed Fox Field about 1830. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed. The National Transportation Safety Board investigator-in-charge (IIC) reviewed a copy of recorded radio communications at the Fox Field air traffic control tower (ATCT). The flight crew entered the traffic pattern and completed one touch-and-go landing. The crew requested, and the controller cleared them, for a simulated single engine full stop landing on runway 24. The IIC interviewed the local controller in the ATCT. The controller thought that the touch-and-go landing was unremarkable. On the full stop approach, however, he thought that the airplane made a short approach. The airplane looked like it was low and could possibly land short of the runway; the wings were rocking. As the airplane approached the end of the runway it began to veer to the left (from the flight crew's perspective). The controller observed the airplane as it continued to drift left and it appeared to be heading towards the ATCT. The airplane stayed low to the ground, but the controller thought that the flight crew was atte
Probable cause
a loss of aircraft control due to the instructor pilot's incapacitation by seizure activity as a result of his undiagnosed cancer, and his use of a medication that can increase seizure risk.
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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.
