Beech BE-A55 accident near Dunkirk, NY
On May 17, 2007, a Beech BE-A55 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Dunkirk, NY. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- May 17, 2007
- Place
- Dunkirk, NY
- Aircraft
- Beech BE-A55 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 42.481°N, 79.284°W
- NTSB ID
- 20070531X00671
Official records · NYC07FA119
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- FAA ATC Summary: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- ATC Transcripts: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On May 17, 2007, at 0937 eastern daylight time, a Canadian registered Beech BE-A55, C-FDJP, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain while attempting a single-engine landing to the Chautauqua County Airport, Dunkirk (KDKK), New York. The Canadian certificated private pilot, a pilot rated passenger, and another passenger were fatally injured. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed and an instrument flight rules flight plan had been filed for the flight that departed the Oshawa Airport (CYOO), Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, destined for the New Castle Airport (KILG), Wilmington, Delaware. The flight was conducted under Canadian Aviation Regulations (CAR) 602. The airplane was based at CYOO. According to the pilot's wife, the pilot owned two-thirds of the airplane and pilot rated passenger held a one-third ownership interest in the airplane. The pilot rated passenger, and his brother, who was seated in a rear seat, were traveling to Delaware for business purposes. According to air traffic control information, the airplane departed Oshawa about 0830, and had climbed to an altitude of 8,000 feet, approximately 15 minutes later. About 0910, C-FDJP, contacted Erie Approach Control, subsequently reported experiencing a rough running left engine, and requested a diversion to Dunkirk. At 0918, C-FDJP contacted Buffalo Approach Control, and reported "we're level at five thousand, heading to Dunkirk, and we're on single engine operation, we've shut down the left engine." The airplane was vectored to the very high frequency omni-directional range (VOR) appr
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during a single-engine missed approach, after the failure of the airplane's left engine aft-top counterweight assembly. Contributing to the accident were instrument meteorological conditions due to clouds.
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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.
