# Accident 20060922026719A: Beech 95B55, North Sioux Ci, SD, September 22, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 2006, 10:00 local time
- Place: North Sioux Ci, SD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5186° N, 96.4931° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5186&lon=-96.4931&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4JV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4JV-2015-05-11) (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: 6,700 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06FA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06FA264) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060922026719A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 9-22-2006, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED NORTH PLATTE, NE, IFR TO LA CROSSE, WI. THE AIRCRAFT (BEECH BE-55 N4JV) WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 9000' MSL WITH A GROUND SPEED OF 190. HE WAS IN RADIO AND RADAR CONTACT WITH SIOUX CITY APPROACH CONTROL. HE MISSED TWO ATC CALLS, THEN RADAR TRACKING INDICATED THAT HIS AIRCRAFT SLOWED CONSIDERABLY, THEN BEGAN A RAPID DESCENT. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION POINTING NNE. THE PILOT WAS PARTIALLY EJECTED THROUGH THE RIGHT WINDSHIELD AND WAS FATALLY INJURED. ALL AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS WERE IN A VERY SMALL AREA, INDICATING THAT FORWARD SPEED WAS NEGLIGIBLE AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS PROBABLY IN A FLAT SPIN. AUTOPSY RESULTS INDICATED NOTHING ABNORMAL. BOTH ENGINES WERE INSPECTED AND HAD IGNITION AND ROTATED FREELY. R FUEL WAS ON MAIN, L WAS ON AUX. FIRST RESPONDERS NOTICED FUEL ON GROUND.

## 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 CHI06FA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06FA264), Sep 22, 2006: Beech BE-95-B55 (N4JV), N. Sioux City, SD, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during cruise flight, and subsequent inadvertent flat spin from which he could not recover. Contributing to the accident were clouds,…

## Other reports on N4JV (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19840718056039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840718056039I), Jul 18, 1984: Beech 9555 (N4JV), Mcconnelsville, Minor damage. Landing gear micro switch that indicates safe gear extension was jammed with obstruction. Landed gear up.

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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