- Date
- March 4, 1989, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- St Marys Island, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9299QBeech 95-B55
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890304052619A
- Case key
- 7879
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Probable cause
The pilot continued into IMC conditions where he collided with trees.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather condition - low ceilingFactor
Weather condition - fogFactor
Vfr flight into imc - continuedCause
Overconfidence in personal abilityCause
Lack of total experience in type of aircraftFactor
Lack of total experience in type operationFactor
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Visual lookout - not possibleCause
Visual/aural perceptionCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9299Q
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC 1428
- Airframe hours
- 4,500
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Tantalus Leasing
- Registered owner
- Tantalus Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 2, 1988 · 61 hours before
- Departed
- Titusville, FL
- Destination
- Brunswick, GA
N9299QRegistration cancelled May 22, 2013 · Beech 95-B55 (T42A)Airframe modelBeech 95-B55 (T42A)Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,181 total · 187 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 4 knots
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BQK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9299Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.