# Accident 19940315005599A: Beech 95B55B, Battlement Mesa, CO, March 15, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 1994, 03:10 local time
- Place: Battlement Mesa, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4528° N, 108.0039° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Battlement Mesa, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4528&lon=-108.0039&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9HC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9HC-2015-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (registry code 1152706, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95B55B
- Reported engine: CONT IO470L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,486 total, 398 in this make and model, 56 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW94FA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94FA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940315005599A

## Narrative

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

DROVE DRUNK PILOT FROM BAR TO AIRPORT. OBSERVED LATER BUZZING RESIDENCES. CRASHED INTO NEARBY MOUNTAIN.

## 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 FTW94FA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94FA104), Mar 15, 1994: Beech 95-B55B (N9HC), Battlement Mesa, CO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: IMPAIRED JUDGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PILOT BY FLYING WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL THAT RESULTED IN HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CLEARANCE (OR ALTITUDE) FROM TERRAIN, WHILE FLYING AT NIGHT.

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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