# Accident 20020105021939A: Beech 95B55, Oakgrove, LA, January 5, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 2002, 10:10 local time
- Place: Oakgrove, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9636° N, 91.4181° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9636&lon=-91.4181&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77RY, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77RY-2004-06-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (registry code 1152706, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95B55
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW02FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02FA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020105021939A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT DEPARTED A PRIVATE HUNTING RANCH NEAR AVON, MS. ENROUTE TO MONROE, LA. (MLU). HE HAD RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING FROM DERIDDER AFSS AT 0825 CST FOR A FLIGHT FROM GREENVILLE, MS TO MONROE, LA. THE BRIEFER ADVISED THAT VFR FLIGHT WAS NOT RECOMMENDED. IT APPEARED THAT THE PILOT WAS MANEUVERING TO LAND AT A PRIVATE AIRPORT (27A7) NORTH OF OAK GROVE, LA. A WITNESS, WHO WAS LOCATED IN A HANGAR AT THE PRIVATE AIRPORT, STATED THAT HE HEARD THE AIRPLANE OVER FLY THE AIRPORT AT WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A "LOW ALTITUDE." THE WITNESS WENT OUTSIDE AND OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE APPROXIMATELY 1/4 OF A MILE SOUTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT AT APPROX. 300 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, IN A STEEP LEFT BANK. THE AIRPLANE THEN ENTERED A SPIN, ROTATED 1-1.5 TIMES, AND IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE WITNESS REPORTED THAT THE CLOUD BASE WAS APPROX. 500 FEET AGL.

## 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 FTW02FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02FA062), Jan 5, 2002: Beech 95-B55 (N77RY), Oak Grove, LA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane while maneuvering resulting in an inadvertent stall/spin.

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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