# Accident 20160812014279A: Beech 95-B55 (T42A), Fredericksburg, VA, August 12, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2016, 12:22 local time
- Place: Fredericksburg, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2628° N, 77.4531° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2628&lon=-77.4531&mi=10
- Aircraft: N128VB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N128VB-2019-11-01) (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: 6
- Fatal injuries: 6
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,550 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA16FA288](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16FA288) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160812014279A

## Narrative

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

8/12/16

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BOWMAN FIELD (LOU) IN UPON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 24 AT EZF, SEVERAL WITNESSES NOTICED AIRCRAFT TOO HIGH (APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET ABOVE THRESHOLD) AND AT FULL POWER. AIRCRAFT TOUCHDOWN HALFWAY DOWN RUNWAY AND BOUNCED 3 TIMES AND THEN ATTEMPTED GO AROUND. AIRCRAFT STARTED CLIMB OUT AT FULL POWER, RAISED LANDING GEAR AND STARTED TURNING TO THE LEFT AT THE END OF RUNWAY 24 JUST ABOVE TREE TOP LEVEL. AT APPROXIMATELY 90 DEGREES TO RUNWAY 24, AIRCRAFT LOST ALTITUDE AND ROLLED TO THE LEFT. AIRCRAFT NOSE DIVED INTO WOODED AREA APPROXIMATELY 300 YARDS SOUTH OF RUNWAY 24. ALL SIX PEOPLE WERE FATALLY INJURED.

UPON INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT, WINGS AND ENGINES SEPARATED BUT REMAINED WITHIN 10 FEET OF FUSELAGE, LEFT PROP REMAINED ON ENGINE AND WAS FEATHERED. RIGHT PROP SEPARATED FROM ENGINE AND INDICATED IT  WAS AT FULL POWER.

ENGINES AND PROPS WERE EVALUATED BY OEMS. BOTH ENGINES RAN AND PRODUCED POWER, BOTH PROPS WERE ALSO PRODUCING POWER.

## 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 ERA16FA288](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16FA288), Aug 12, 2016: Beech 95 B55 (T42A) (N128VB), Fredericksburg, VA, substantial damage, 6 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot(s) failure to maintain adequate airspeed during an attempted go-around, which resulted in an exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack and an aerodynamic stall.

## Other reports on N128VB (1)

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

- [Incident 19990430020719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990430020719I), Apr 30, 1999: Beech 95B55 (N128VB), Smithville, TN, Minor damage. After making a normal approach and touchdown on runway 06, the nose landing gear collapsed. The aircraft came to rest approximately midway down the runway, to…

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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