# Accident 20000523011279A: Beech 95A55, Aliceville, AL, May 23, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2000, 08:10 local time
- Place: Aliceville, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1203° N, 88.1495° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1203&lon=-88.1495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N711MS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N711MS-2017-03-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-A55 (registry code 1152704, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-a55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95A55
- Reported engine: CONT IO470L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 4,905 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00FA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00FA166) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000523011279A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE A/C DEPARTED MERIDIAN, MS. UNDER VFR FOR JASPER, AL. ABOUT TEN MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD A PHYSICAL PROBLEM. THE PILOT REPORTED TO AIR TRAFFIC THAT HE COULD NOT MOVE HIS LEFT ARM. AIR TRAFFIC VEERED THE A/C TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT. THE PILOT HAD DIFFICULTY COMMUNICATING AND SHORTLY AFTER RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST. THE A/C CRASHED NEAR ALICEVILLE, AL. (.4) THE PILOT COMPLAINED OF A HEADACHE BEFORE THE FLIGHT DEPARTED AND ASKED FOR AN OBTAINED TYLENOL. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED AND WHILE IN CONTACT WITH AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL FACILITY, HE ADVISED THE CONTROLLER, "...I'M HAVING A LITTLE PROBLEM---NOT THE AIRPLANE...." HE ASKED FOR VECTORS TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT AND WAS PROVIDED DIRECTION AND DISTANCE THEN ADVISED THE CONTROLLER, ""I CAN'T MOVE MY---CAN'T MOVE MY LEFT ARM...." RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WERE LOST. THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED TREES THEN TERRAIN LOCATED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IN A NOSE AND LEFT WING LOW ATTITUDE. THE NOSE SECTION INCLUDING THE COCKPIT AND BOTH WINGS WERE FRAGMENTED; AIRCRAFT DEBRIS WERE FOUND ALONG THE WRECKAGE PATH. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINES/PROPELLERS, AND FLIGHT CONTROLS REVE                                                              ALED NO EVIDENCE OF PREIMPACT FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION. THE AUTOPSY REPORT INDICATES THAT THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS MULTIPLE BLUNT TRAUMA WITH A CONTRIBUTORY CAUSE AS ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE. REVIEW OF THE PILOT'S CIVILIAN AND AIR NATIONAL GUARD MEDICAL FILES REVEALED THAT HE HAD ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE, BLOOD SUGAR, AND WEIGHT DURING PERIODIC PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS. THE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE WAS NOT BEING TREATED ACCORDING TO THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD MEDICAL RECORDS.

## 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 MIA00FA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00FA166), May 23, 2000: Beech 95-A55 (N711MS), Aliceville, AL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The in-flight collision with trees then terrain while descending for undetermined reasons.

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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