# Accident 20080629840519A: Beech 95B55, June 29, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2008, 07:55 local time
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9036° N, 87.3375° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9036&lon=-87.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N727BC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N727BC-2012-11-13) (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 IO470L
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 539 total, 234 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08FA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08FA231) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080629840519A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT OF AIRCRAFT, N727BC, BEECH 95-B55B DEPARTING WALKER COUNTY BEVILL FIELD, KJFX, EN ROUTE TO GULF SHORES, AL CRASHED ON JUN 29, 2008 SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF.  AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 1.1 MILES WEST OF KJFX IN WINGS LEVEL ATTITUDE.  PILOT WAS NOT INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) RATED.  CURRENT METAR WEATHER AT THE TIME OF TAKEOFF AT HALEYVILLE/POSEY FIELD WAS BROKEN AT 700 FEET AND OVERCAST AT 1400 FEET.  PILOT FLYING IN THE AREA STATED THE WEATHER WAS BROKEN AT 1200 FEET MSL WITH TOPS AT 4000 FEET MSL.  PILOT, THREE (3) PASSENGERS AND TWO (2) ANIMALS WERE ALL FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 NYC08FA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08FA231), Jun 29, 2008: Beech 95-B55 (N727BC), Jasper, AL, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's intentional visual flight into known instrument meteorological conditions, resulting in spatial disorientation and a subsequent loss of control in flight. Contributing to the accident was…

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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