# Accident 20050603011469A: Beech 95B55, Jeanerette, LA, June 3, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2005, 07:30 local time
- Place: Jeanerette, LA
- Airport: Le Maire Memorial Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9022° N, 91.6631° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9022&lon=-91.6631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N656RS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N656RS-2006-12-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (registry code 1152706, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-470 series (registry code 17044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95B55
- Reported engine: CONT IO470L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05FA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05FA145) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050603011469A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED LEMAIRE MEMORIAL AIRPORT (2R1) IN JEANNERETTE, LA AT APPROXIMATELY 0730 CDT ON RUNWAY 040. (AIRCRAFT CLOCK STOPPED AT 7:32). A WITNESS STATED THAT AFTER TAKE OFF HE BANKED TO THE RIGHT, HE THEN HEARD A POPPING SOUND THEN SILENCE. HE LOST SIGHT OF IT, THEN HEARD THE CRASH. ANOTHER WITNESS HEARD THE AIRCRAFT TAKING OFF THEN HEARD A POPPING SOUND LIKE BACKFIRING THEN IT WENT SILENT. SHE LOOKED FURTHER OUT THE WINDOW, SAW THE AIRCRAFT FLIP AND COME DOWN NOSE FIRST. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED IN A HARVESTED CANE FIELD, APPROXIMATELY AT AN ANGLE OF 80 DEGREES NOSE DOWN, LEFT WING LOW, AND APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET SOUTH OF RUNWAY 040/220 AND ALMOST EVEN WITH THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY ON A HEADING OF 310 DEGREES. LEFT WING HAS LEADING EDGE DAMAGE. LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. FLAPS INDICATED 10 DEGREES DOWN.

## 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 DFW05FA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05FA145), Jun 3, 2005: Beech 95-B55 (N656RS), Jeanerette, LA, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to obtain/maintain sufficient airspeed to maintain control. A contributing factor was the loss of engine power for undetermined reason.

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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