# Accident 20000224010839A: Beech 95B55, Moorhead, MN, February 24, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 2000, 10:56 local time
- Place: Moorhead, MN
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.8591° N, 96.7499° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8591&lon=-96.7499&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7736R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7736R-2018-01-24) (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 95B55
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000224010839A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT 1656.02Z WHILE EXECUTING THE VOR A APPROACH TO THE MOORHEAD MN. AIRPORT, THE PILOT OF N7736R DECLARED A MISSED APPROACH. FAR APPROACH ACKNOWLEDGES AND INSTRUCTS N7736R TO FLY HEADING 040 AND TO CLIMB AND MAINTAIN 4000 FEET. THE PILOT ACKNOWLEDGED. AT 1656.16Z FAR APPROACH INSTRUCTS N7736R TO FLY HEADING 090 FOR AN ANTENNA, NO ACKNOWLEGEMENT. AT 1656.42Z FAR APPROACH INSTRUCTS N7736R TO FLY HEADING 090 VECTOR FOR THE ILS 17 AND TO MAINTAIN 4000 FEET. THE PILOT REPLIES"N-3-6R". FAR APPROACH ASKS N7736R IF THEY WANTED TO DO THE ILS APPROACH AT FARGO WITH NO REPLY. ALL RADAR AND RADIO CONTACT WITH N7736R WAS LOST AFTER THE 1656.42Z RESPONSE. THE RADAR PLOTS FOR THE 1656.16Z THROUGH 1656.42Z TIME FRAME SHOWS N7736R CONTINUING THE CLIMBING TURN TO THE RIGHT PAST THE 090 HEADING. AT THE APEX OF THE CLIMB RADAR SHOWED THE A/C AT 2100 FEET WITH A GROUND SPEED OF 131 KTS., 4.6 SECONDS LATER THE LAST RADAR HIT SHOWS THE A/C AT 1600 FT WITH A GROUND SPEED OF 73 KTS.

## 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 CHI00FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA080), Feb 24, 2000: Beech 95-B55 (N7736R), Moorhead, MN, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the missed approach. Factors to the accident were, the pilot's improper decision to attempt the approach in weather conditions below the…

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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