Beech 95-B55 accident near Jasper, AL
On June 29, 2008, a Beech 95-B55 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Jasper, AL. 4 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 29, 2008
- Place
- Jasper, AL
- Aircraft
- Beech 95-B55 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.904°N, 87.338°W
- NTSB ID
- 20080711X01020
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 29, 2008, about 0756 central daylight time, a Beech 95-B55, N727BC, was destroyed following a loss of control in flight after takeoff from Walker County Airport (JFX), Jasper, Alabama. The certificated private pilot/owner and three passengers were fatally injured. Instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) prevailed for the flight that originated at JFX about 0750. No flight plan was filed for the personal flight that was destined for Jack Edwards Airport (JKA), Gulf Shores, Alabama, and conducted under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Several witnesses provided written statements and were interviewed at the scene. According to one witness, he was in his backyard disconnecting his boat trailer from his vehicle, when the sound of the airplane caught his attention. He looked up and estimated that the airplane was 300 to 400 feet above the trees and below the cloud layer. The witness added, "I saw the airplane plain as day. The engine on that plane sounded like one engine was revving." With a model of an airplane in his hand, the witness demonstrated the airplane in a nose-up pitch attitude of about 30 degrees, and descending in a wings-level, tail low spin around the yaw axis. The engine sound was continuous, with increasing and decreasing volume as the airplane rotated towards and away from his position. The witness stated that his property bordered lands owned by the State of Alabama, where the airplane came to rest. He estimated that the distance from where he stood to the crash site was about 150 yards. According to the w
Probable cause
The pilot's intentional visual flight into known instrument meteorological conditions, resulting in spatial disorientation and a subsequent loss of control in flight. Contributing to the accident was the overweight and aft-center-of-gravity condition of the airplane at takeoff.
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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.
