# Accident 20030906021609A: Beech 95B55, Winder, GA, September 6, 2003 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: September 6, 2003, 14:18 local time - Place: Winder, GA - Airport: Winder-Barrow Airport - Damage: Destroyed - Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 33.9961° N, 83.6706° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9961&lon=-83.6706&mi=10 - Aircraft: N62JF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62JF-2006-08-07) (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 - Reported engine: CONT IO470* - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 1 - Pilot flight hours: 890 total, 220 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL03FA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03FA136) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030906021609A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) HISTORY OF FLIGHT: ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2003, AT 1420 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH BE-55, N62JF, REGISTERED TO GWINNETT PLANE LEASING, INC., OPERATING AS A 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT, COLLIDED WITH TREES WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RETURN TO THE WINDER BARROW AIRPORT, WINDER, GEORGIA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. A POST CRASH FIRE DESTROYED THE AIRPLANE. THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM WINDER BARROW AIRPORT AT 1419 ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2003. A PILOT WAITING FOR TAKEOFF BEHIND THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE STATED THE ACCIDENT PILOT DEPARTED FROM RUNWAY 05. THE AIRPLANE BECAME AIRBORNE JUST PAST TAXIWAY "C" INTERSECTION. THE AIRPLANE REACHED ABOUT 10 FEET WHEN THE NOSE DROPPED DOWN ABRUPTLY TO THE RIGHT AND THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY FOLLOWED BY TIRE SMOKE. HE OBSERVED A DARK SHAPE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRPLANE AND FIGURED THE COCKPIT DOOR HAD OPENED. THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR AND WENT TO THE RIGHT OVER THE GRASS. THE PILOT REGAINED CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE. THE AIRPLANE REMAINED BETWEEN 20 TO 50 FEET AND SLOWLY CLEARED A TREE LINE BEYOND THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE STARTED A SHALLOW CROSSWIND TURN TO THE LEFT, NOSE HIGH AT A SLOW AIRSPEED. HE CALLED THE PILOT ON THE UNICOM FREQUENCY AND ASKED THE PILOT IF HE WAS OK. THE PILOT STATED, "I GOT PROBLEMS AND I AM GOING TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING." THE PILOT CAME BACK ON THE RADIO AGAIN AND STATED, "I AM NOT GOING TO MAKE IT." THE WITNESS PILOT STATED HE LOST SIGHT OF THE AIRPLANE AND OBSERVED SMOKE COME UP ABOVE THE TREE LINE A SHORT TIME LATER. TWO WITNESSES LOCATED IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE CRASH SITE STATED THEY HEARD AN AIRPLANE APPROACHING THEIR LOCATION. THE AIRPLANE ENGINE OR ENGINES WERE MAKING AN UNUSUAL SOUND DESCRIBED AS A LOUD NOISE. ONE WITNESS STATED THE AIRPLANE WAS BETWEEN 100 TO 150 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE AIRPLANE MADE A STEEP LEFT BANK ESTIMATED BETWEEN 40 TO 45 DEGREES ANGLE OF BANK. THE AIRPLANE HIT A TREE, ROLLED TO THE LEFT, PITCHED NOSE DOWN, HIT A POWER LINE AND COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND. THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED TO ROLL AND SLIDE TO THE LEFT BEFORE IT CAME TO REST INVERTED, AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. ONE WITNESS STATED HE RAN OVER TO THE AIRPLANE LOCATED IN HIS FRONT YARD AND TRIED TO GAIN ENTRY TO REMOVE THE PILOT. THE FIRE AND SMOKE PREVENTED HIM FROM ASSISTING THE PILOT. ## 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 ATL03FA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03FA136), Sep 6, 2003: Beech BE-55 (N62JF), Winder, GA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight preparation in which he failed to secure the cabin door which diverted his attention and resulted in the failure to maintain directional control. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.