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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech 95B55 · Orange, VA · August 16, 1989

Date
August 16, 1989 · 12:05 local
Place
Orange, VA
Airport
Orange County Airport
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N816FW
NTSB investigation
NTSBBFO89LA072
Reported as
Beech 95B55
Reported engine
Continental IO470L
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,553 total81 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Passenger opened emergency window on takeoff roll. Pilot elected to abort and ran off end of wet runway.

As the FAA filed it

PASSENGER OPENED EMERGENCY WINDOW ON TAKEOFF ROLL. PILOT ELECTED TO ABORT AND RAN OFF END OF WET RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.