# Accident 20070517014449A: Beech 95A55, Dunkirk, NY, May 17, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2007, 09:40 local time
- Place: Dunkirk, NY
- Airport: Chautauqua County/Dunkirk
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4939° N, 79.2711° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY/DUNKIRK (DKK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4939&lon=-79.2711&mi=10
- Aircraft: CFDJP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95A55
- Reported engine: CONT IO470L
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,466 total, 888 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070517014449A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON MAY 17, 2007 AT 0940 EDT, A BEECHCRAFT BARON, BE-55, REGISTRATION NUMBER C-FDJP, CRASHED AFTER ATTEMPTING A MISSED APPROACH AFTER EXECUTING THE VOR APPROACH TO RUNWAY 24 AT THE DUNKIRK AIRPORT (KDKK). THE PILOT OF C-FDJP CONTACTED ERIE APPROACH CONTROL AND REQUESTED VECTORS TO AN AIRPORT FOR LANDING, STATING THAT HE HAD A ROUGH-RUNNING ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN VECTORED FOR THE STRAIGHT-IN VOR APPROACH TO RUNWAY 24 AT DKK. THE AIRCRAFT MISSED THE APPROACH TO RUNWAY 24 AND ENTERED THE CLOUDS. A WITNESS STATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION, AND THE LEFT PROPELLER WAS FEATHERED. A FEW SECONDS LATER THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE CLOUDS IN A NOSE DOWN LEFT SPIN, AND IMPACTED THE GROUND. THAT SAME DAY, INSPECTORS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FROM THE ROCHESTER FSDO RESPONDED. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE SCENE, THE INSPECTORS FOUND THE SITE SECURED. THE REMAINS OF THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS HAD BEEN REMOVED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS UPRIGHT IN A WOODED AREA FACING A 280 DEGREE HEADING. THERE WAS NO DEBRIS PATH, AS THE AIRCRAFT HAD LITTLE OR NO FORWARD MOVEMENT. THE LANDING GEAR WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION, THE LEFT PROPELLER WAS FEATHERED AND THE FLAPS APPEARED TO BE IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. THE EXTERIOR AND COCKPIT OF THE WRECKAGE WERE PHOTOGRAPHED. THE LEFT FUEL TANK WAS BREACHED AND THE RIGHT TANK'S FUEL COULD NOT BE SEEN WHEN THE CAP WAS REMOVED. ON MAY 18, 2007 REPRESENTATIVES OF BEECHCRAFT, NTSB, TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD OF CANADA AND TELEDYNE CONTINENTAL MOTORS ARRIVED ON SCENE TO CONDUCT THEIR INVESTIGATION. MORE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN. A CONTINUITY CHECK OF THE AIRCRAFT'S CONTROLS WERE CONDUCTED AND FOUND POSITIVE. THE FLAPS WERE CONFIRMED TO BE IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. THE LEFT PROPELLER WAS REMOVED; THE RIGHT WAS UNABLE TO BE REMOVED. AFTER REMOVAL OF THE LEFT COWLING, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT AN APPROXIMATE 3" BY 4" HOLE WAS IN THE TOP OF THE ENGINE CASE WHERE THE AFT INBOARD CYLINDER ATTACHES TO THE ENGINE. THE INBOARD MAGNETO WAS NOT LONGER ATTACHED TO THE ENGINE CASE. THE NTSB WAS PLANNING TO HAVE THE AIRCRAFT MOVED TO A MORE SUITABLE LOCATION FOR FURTHER INSPECTION.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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