Beech 95-C55 accident near Port Orange, FL
On March 4, 2007, a Beech 95-C55 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Port Orange, FL. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- March 4, 2007
- Place
- Port Orange, FL
- Aircraft
- Beech 95-C55 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 29.077°N, 81.047°W
- NTSB ID
- 20070312X00271
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On March 4, 2007, about 1525 eastern standard time, a Beech 95-C55, N100FG, registered to Northwest Jersey Airways, Inc., experienced an in-flight loss of control following loss of power in one engine, and collided with the ground, during takeoff from Spruce Creek Airport, Port Orange, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 personal, local flight. The airplane was substantially damaged and the commercial-rated pilot, the sole occupant, was fatally injured. The pilot announced on the Spruce Creek Airport UNICOM frequency that the flight was departing from runway 23. A pilot-rated witness located near the intersection of runway 5/23 and "Beech Boulevard" reported that the airplane became airborne before that intersection, and "yawed to the left." He thought an instructor had given "a V1 or VR left engine cut." The airplane climbed out slowly to no greater than 50 to 60 feet above ground level (agl), and with the landing gear extended, the "...left wing dropped and it went straight down." He further stated he did not hear any loud engine noises or power changes. Several witnesses reported seeing the airplane "swaying," "rock", or "shifting" side to side, and also hearing surging or sputtering from what they thought was the left engine. The airplane was in a steep climb, rolled to the left, and pitched straight down. Another pilot-rated witness located immediately adjacent to the crash site reported the airplane was only 25 feet above the peak of a hangar
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during initial climb resulting in inadvertent stall. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's improper positioning of the left fuel selector which resulted in fuel starvation to the left engine.
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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.
