# Accident 20060902019229A: Beech 95A55, Waco, TX, September 2, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2006, 07:55 local time
- Place: Waco, TX
- Airport: Mc Gregor Executive Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.4847° N, 97.3164° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4847&lon=-97.3164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N181Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N181Y-2007-11-21) (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 IO520E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW06FA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06FA205) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060902019229A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2006, APPROXIMATELY 0755 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A TWIN ENGINE BEECH BE-95 A-55 AIRPLANE, N181Y, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING TAKEOFF INITIAL CLIMB FROM THE MCGREGOR MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (PWG), NEAR MCGREGOR TEXAS. THE INSTRUMENT RATED COMMERCIAL PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE, WAS FATALLY INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE INTENDED DESTINATION WAS NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, WITH AN INTERMEDIATE FUEL STOP AT NORTHWEST ALABAMA REGIONAL AIRPORT (MSL), NEAR MUSCLE SHORES, ALABAMA. WITNESSES STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE SUDDENLY PITCHED UPWARDS AND ROLLED INTO A STEEP LEFT TURN. THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED A FRESHLY PLOWED FIELD APPROXIMATELY 0.17 MILES FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 17, ON A HEADING OF 119 DEGREES, WITH ENSUING POST CRASH FIRE. THE WRECKAGE ENERGY PATH MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 172 FEET IN LENGTH, ORIENTED ON A MAGNETIC HEADING OF 045 DEGREES. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED ALL COMPONENTS LOCATED AT THE ACCIDENT SITE. THE LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS WERE FOUND IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. THE AIRPLANE WAS RELOCATED TO AIR SALVAGE OF DALLAS, NEAR LANCASTER TEXAS, FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION. PILOT REMAINS WERE TRANSPORTED TO SOUTHWEST FORENSIC LAB IN DALLAS, TEXAS FOR FORENSIC EXAMINATION. FAA SOUTHWEST REGION ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS CONTACTED FOR AME COORDINATION.

## 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 DFW06FA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06FA205), Sep 2, 2006: Beech BE95 A-55 (N181Y), McGregor, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed resulting in a stall and loss of control of the airplane.

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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