# Accident 20140222004449A: Beech 95-B55 (T42A), Lagrange, GA, February 22, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 2014, 14:07 local time
- Place: Lagrange, GA
- Airport: Lagrange
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0053° N, 85.0703° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0053&lon=-85.0703&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36638, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36638-2018-01-03) (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 95-B55 (T42A)
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14FA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14FA128) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140222004449A

## Narrative

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

WITNESSES STATE THE AIRCRAFT WAS PRACTICING THE ILS 31 INTO LAGRANGE AIRPORT (KLGC).  HOWEVER, IT IS NOT CONFIRMED THAT THE AIRCRAFT ANNOUNCE HIS INTENTIONS ON THE RADIO.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED ON SHORT FINAL AND APPEARED TO BE HIGH AND FAST.  THEY NOTICED THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN. AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT ?BOBBLED? BUT DID NOT TOUCH THE GROUND. AT ABOUT 2000 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY, IT APPEARED AND SOUNDED AS IF THE PILOT INITIATED A ?GO-AROUND? AND RAPIDLY INCREASED THE ENGINE POWER.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED GOING INTO A STEEP CLIMB TO ABOUT 200 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A STEEP, OVER 45 DEGREE LEFT BANK, AND BECAME INVERTED.  AS THE ROTATION CONTINUED THE NOSE DROPPED AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AT ABOUT AN 80 DEGREE ANGLE.   ANOTHER AIRCRAFT N98731 WAS TOWING A GLIDER N3678A ON A TAKE-OFF ROLL ON THE CROSSING RUNWAY 03.  WITNESS STATE THAT THEY HAD HEARD THE TOW PILOT MAKE APPROPRIATE RADIO CALLS AND ALSO HEARD THE TOW PILOT CALL ?ABORT, ABORT, ABORT? AS THE BE55 WAS CLIMBING.  THE TOW PLANE AND GLIDER HAD STOPPED SORT OF THE CROSSING RUNWAY 31.

## 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 ERA14FA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14FA128), Feb 22, 2014: Beech 95-B55 (N36638), LaGrange, GA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's overreaction to a perceived conflict with a tow plane and glider on an intersecting runway, which resulted in a loss of control during an attempted aborted landing. Contributing to the…

## Other reports on N36638 (3)

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

- [Incident 20050127000949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050127000949I), Jan 27, 2005: Beech 95B55 (N36638), West Palm Beach, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot failed to extend gear - landed gear up.
- [Accident 19860227006099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860227006099A), Feb 27, 1986: Beech 95B55 (N36638), Rochester, NY, Substantial damage. Left gear collapsed on landing roll.
- [Incident 19820223040899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820223040899I), Feb 23, 1982: Beech 95B55 (N36638), Teterboro, NJ, Minor damage. Gear collapsed on landing. Cotter pin, not on nose gear retract idler, PN35-820094, rubbed on cover, PN002-6200134.

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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