Beech 95-B55 accident near Saranac Lake, NY
On April 18, 2007, a Beech 95-B55 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Saranac Lake, NY. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- April 18, 2007
- Place
- Saranac Lake, NY
- Aircraft
- Beech 95-B55 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 44.389°N, 74.210°W
- NTSB ID
- 20070510X00541
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On April 18, 2007, at 1314 eastern daylight time, a Beech 95-B55, N868ST, was destroyed when it impacted terrain at Adirondack Regional Airport (SLK), Saranac Lake, New York. The certificated commercial pilot was fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and an instrument flight rules flight plan had been filed for a flight to Elton Hensley Memorial Airport (FTT), Fulton, Missouri. The personal flight was conducted under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. According to the airport manager, he observed the airplane taxi out taxiway Delta, then hold short of runway 5 for a commuter airplane to clear. The accident airplane then back-taxied to the approach end of the runway, made a 180-degree turn, and held in position for approximately 1 minute before commencing a takeoff roll. When the airplane became airborne, it made a "rather abrupt climb," and shortly thereafter, started an "abrupt left hand climbing turn." As the airplane "came up, the nose passed through the horizon, the nose dropped, the left wing dropped," and the airplane entered an "abrupt" dive. The airplane was in a bank angle in "excess of 90 degrees, left wing low" as it disappeared behind a tree line. The manager did not believe the airplane ever climbed above 500 feet. Another witness, a New York State Police trooper, first noticed the airplane when it was about 50 feet in the air. According to the trooper, the airplane began to climb at what he thought was a "very steep angle," until it reached approximately 300 feet. It was "abnormally slow and appeared as if it was g
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during initial climb after takeoff, which resulted in an inadvertent stall.
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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.
