# NTSB investigations: Beech E-55: Loss of control - in flight

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB CHI00FA276](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA276.md): Beech E-55 · Grafton, IL · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 30, 2000 · N9047V · Destroyed
  > The pilot not maintaining aircraft control and altitude/clearance from the river. Factors to the accident included the pilot not obtaining an air traffic control clearance prior to departure into instrument meteorological conditions, the pilot becoming…
- [NTSB CHI97LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA040.md): Beech B55 · Park Rapids, MN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 6, 1996 · N17732 · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's high flare. Factors were the icing weather condition and the airframe ice.
- [NTSB LAX96FA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96FA096.md): Beech 55 · Cedarville, CA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 20, 1996 · N4088A · Destroyed
  > the pilot's poor preflight planning by not obtaining a weather briefing and his inadvertent encounter with a mountain wave condition. The moonless dark night was a factor in this accident.
- [NTSB DEN92FA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN92FA091.md): Beech E-55 · Steamboat Sprin, CO · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 5, 1992 · N12GG · Destroyed
  > The pilot becoming spatially disoriented and losing control of the airplane. Factors were: the pilot's disregard of the preflight weather briefing, his intentional VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions, his lack of recent instrument time, and…
- [NTSB ATL89FA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89FA194.md): Beech E55 · Raleigh, NC · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 10, 1989 · N55TP · Destroyed
  > The pilot's loss of control due to spatial disorientation while operating in instrument weather conditions.
- [NTSB NYC86FA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86FA068.md): Beech E55 · Sunderland, MA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 31, 1986 · N6641A · Destroyed
  > Witnesses reported seeing the acft descend vertically in a flat spin until impact in open, flat terrain. The accident occurred aprx 45 min after the plt had taken off on a local proficiency flt. After impact, most of the airframe was demolished by fire. The…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1152732')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 250))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1152732&occurrence=250

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