# Accident 20161004016199A: Beech D95A, Hitchcock, TX, October 4, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2016, 19:00 local time
- Place: Hitchcock, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.2731° N, 95.0714° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2731&lon=-95.0714&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76S-2019-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D95A (registry code 1153408, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d95a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D95A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor, unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 9,400 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17FA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161004016199A

## Narrative

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

10/04/2016 THE FAA WAS NOTIFIED THAT N76S CRASHED IN A RICE FIELD NEAR HITCHCOCK, TX.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED IN A SMALL, TREE-LINED CANAL ADJACENT TO A RICE FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MAINLY INTACT. THE FUSELAGE HAD COMPRESSION DAMAGE INDICATIVE OF A STALL/SPIN PRIOR TO IMPACT WITH THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE AND MAIN WINGS WERE RESTING IN VERY SOFT MUD. THE SURVIVING PILOT WAS INTERVIEWED AT THE HOSPITAL. THE PILOT STATED THEY HAD JUST COMPLETED STEEP TURN TRAINING.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS NEAR THE HOUSTON HOBBY CLASS B AIRSPACE SO THEY TURNED AROUND TOWARDS GALVESTON.  THE PILOT REMEMBERS THE INSTRUCTOR SAYING "LETS DO SOME STALLS." HE HAS NO MEMORY OF ANYTHING AFTER THAT.  AT ONE POINT DURING THE INTERVIEW HE DID RECALL BEING IN A SPIN. THE POLICE OBTAINED A VIDEO FROM A LOCAL FISHERMAN SHOWING THE AIRCRAFT IN A FLAT COUNTERCLOCKWISE SPIN PRIOR TO IMPACTING THE GROUND BEHIND A TREE LINE.

INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT ON SCENE SHOWED THE FLIGHT CONTROLS APPEARED TO HAVE CONTINUITY.  THE YOKE HAD BEEN CUT TO EXTRACT THE SURVIVOR. THERE WAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF FUEL RELEASED AT THE CRASH SITE DUE TO BOTH WING FUEL TANKS RUPTURING.

## 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 CEN17FA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA005), Oct 4, 2016: Beech D95A (N76S), Hitchcock, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The flight instructor's loss of control during an aerodynamic stall demonstration, which resulted in an inadvertent spin from which he was unable to recover. Contributing to the accident was the…

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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