# NTSB ATL88FA162: Beech 55, N2025W, Atlanta, GA, May 2, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: May 2, 1988, 16:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Location: 33.6367° N, 84.4279° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARTSFIELD/JACKSON ATLANTA INTL (ATL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6367&lon=-84.4279&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 2, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7602
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL88FA162
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7602/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88FA162

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - door - open (contributing factor)
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Overrun, takeoff - aborted
  - aborted takeoff - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - all available runway - not used, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Main gear collapsed, takeoff - aborted
  - landing gear,main gear - overload (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2025W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2025W-2019-02-07), registration cancelled 2019-02-07, S/N TE-15, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 55
- Registry model: [Beech 95-C55](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-c55) (registry code 1152708) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TE-15
- Airframe hours: 4419
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-C7 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: James Flying Service
- Registered owner: Jesse James
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, March 30, 1988, 21 hours before
- Departed: ATLANTA, GA
- Destination: HOT SPRINGS, AR
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: ATL, Hartsfield, runway 26L, 11,889 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 4,752 total, 78 in this make and model, 3,455 as pilot in command, 58 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: ATL

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880502014649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880502014649A), May 2, 1988: Beech 9555, Atlanta, GA, Substantial damage. Door came open on takeoff roll. Tried to close and aborted too late. Ground looped to avoid overrun. Collapsed gear

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.

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