Beech D95A accident near Hitchcock, TX
On October 4, 2016, a Beech D95A (airplane) was involved in an accident near Hitchcock, TX. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- October 4, 2016
- Place
- Hitchcock, TX
- Aircraft
- Beech D95A · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 29.273°N, 95.071°W
- NTSB ID
- 20161004X34956
Official records · CEN17FA005
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn October 4, 2016, at 1826 central daylight time, a Beech D95A airplane, N76S, was destroyed after impacting trees and terrain near Hitchcock, Texas. The flight instructor was fatally injured and the pilot receiving instruction was seriously injured. The instructional flight was operated by Bay Area Flying Club, Pearland, Texas, under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the local flight, which originated from Pearland Regional Airport (KLVJ), Pearland, Texas. According to the pilot's brother who spoke with the pilot in the hospital following the accident, the purpose of the flight was for the flight instructor to demonstrate aerodynamic stalls. The pilot said that a stall was initiated from about 4,000 ft mean sea level (msl). The pilot then vaguely remembered the instructor "cursing" the airplane because the flight instructor was unable to recover from the stall maneuver. The pilot was unable to recall any further details of the accident. A duck hunter, located about 1 mile south of the accident site, took a cell phone video that captured the airplane descending in a fully-developed right spin. According to data retrieved from an onboard GPS unit, the airplane entered a cliumb from about 4,000 ft at 1825:23, reaching a peak altitude of about 4,800 ft about 1825:50. The airplane then entered a descent that continued until the end of the recorded data at 1826:44. PERSONNEL INFORMATION Flight Instructor The flight instructor held an airline transport pilot
Probable cause
The flight instructor's loss of control during an aerodynamic stall demonstration, which resulted in an inadvertent spin from which he was unable to recover. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor's lack of familiarity with the airplane's stall characteristics.
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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.
