# Accident 20060101001109A: Beech D55, Dawson, GA, January 1, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 2006, 14:42 local time
- Place: Dawson, GA
- Airport: Dawson Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7431° N, 84.4192° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7431&lon=-84.4192&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8165W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8165W-2006-05-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D55 (registry code 1152730, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D55
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 950 total, 950 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC06FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06FA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060101001109A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT AND FAMILY WERE ON A TRIP FROM INDIANAPOLIS IND. (UMP) CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. AFTER TWO ATTEMPTS AT OTHER AIRPORTS MOULTRIE GA. (MGR) AND ALBANY GA. (ABY) THE PILOT WAS RUNNING LOW ON FUEL (PER JAX CENTER) AND WAS MAKING A VOR APPROACH INTO DAWSON GA. (16J). THE AIRCRAFT WAS MAKING THE APPROACH WHEN IT CONTACTED THE GROUND ON THE LEFT DOWNWIND SIDE (SOUTH) OF RWY 31, 110 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY AND 590 FROM THE APPROACH END OF RWY 31. THE WRECKAGE PATH CONTINUED APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET TO THE WRECKAGE, ON A HEADING OF 112 DEGREES. THE WEATHER WAS DOWN TO TREE TOP LEVEL (PER THE THREE WITNESSES). THE PILOTS MEDICAL, ACCORDING TO SPAS INFORMATION WAS LAST DATED 07/15/2002, SIX MONTHS OUT OF DATE!

## 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 NYC06FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06FA048), Jan 1, 2006: Beech D55 (N8165W), Dawson, GA, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain sufficient airspeed to preclude a stall, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and loss of control while circling to land. Factors associated with the accident were…

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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