# Accident 19870929057319A: Beech D95A, Pittstown, NJ, September 29, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 1987, 07:45 local time
- Place: Pittstown, NJ
- Airport: Alexandria
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5876° N, 75.0194° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALEXANDRIA (N85), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5876&lon=-75.0194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7955M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7955M-1989-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D95A (registry code 1153408, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d95a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D95A
- Reported engine: LYC IO360B1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC87FA265](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87FA265) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870929057319A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

TOOK OFF IN NEAR ZERO FOG CONDITION.LOST CONTROL ON CLIMBOUT AND CRASHED INTO TREES. SKY CLEAR ABOVE FOG LAYER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC87FA265](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87FA265), Sep 29, 1987: Beech D95A (N7955M), Pittstown, NJ, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N7955M (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19860926066959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860926066959I), Sep 26, 1986: Beech D95A (N7955M), Toledo, OH, Minor damage. Aircraft hard landing resulted in minor damage to nose gear and propellers. Possibility of wind shear.
- [Accident 19740816026939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740816026939A), Aug 16, 1974: Beech D95A (N7955M), Pittstown, NJ, Substantial damage. Plt aborted tkof when r eng sputtered. Overran rwy struck trees.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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