- Date
- June 21, 1991, 09:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place
- Irmo, SC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N36743Beech 95-B55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910621023279A
- Case key
- 8326
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Probable cause
The loss of control of the aircraft for undetermined reason(s).
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.
Analysis
The flight departed the columbia, south carolina airport on an IFR flight plan to greer, south carolina. The weather at the time was VFR. The pilot did not report any problems to air traffic control prior to the crash, and all radio conversation with the pilot was normal. Radar data showed the aircraft climbed to 4000 feet and leveled off at that altitude for a brief period. The aircraft then began a shallow descent and disappeared from the radar. The pilot did not respond to radio calls after the descent began. The aircraft crashed into a residential area about nine miles from the columbia airport. The wreckage was distributed over an area about 300 feet in length. There was no evidence of malfunction of the aircraft flight controls or catastrophic engine failure prior to the crash. Witnesses reported the aircraft was in a nose down attitude of about 30 degrees prior to the impact. The pilot had in excess of 2000 hours of flight time, and had flown aircraft previously in the military.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36743
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC2335
- Airframe hours
- 1,182
- Engine
- Continental IO-470, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Cubco,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Cubco,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1991 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- CAE · Columbia, SC
- Destination
- GSP · Greer, SC
- Flight plan
- IFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,386 total · 4 in this make and model · 2,037 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CAE, 9 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.