# NTSB BFO86FA008: Beech D95A, N26FM, Millville, NJ, December 1, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: December 1, 1985, 18:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place: Millville, NJ
- Location: 39.3488° N, 75.1005° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from MILLVILLE MUNI (MIV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3488&lon=-75.1005&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11198
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO86FA008
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11198/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO86FA008

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, approach - faf/outer marker to threshold (ifr)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - obscuration (contributing factor)
  - ifr procedure - not followed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - object - tree(s)
  - decision height - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT & HIS WIFE DEPTD SARASOTA FL FOR A 5HR AND 10MIN PLANNED FLT TO MILLVILLE, NJ. 5HRS AND 8MIN LTR THE ACFT CRASHED IN WOODS ABT 2 MILES SHORT OF MIV. FUEL CALCULATIONS INDICATED THE ACFT SHOULD HAVE HAD OVR 11GALS LEFT IN THE TANKS. WITNESSES LOCATED IN A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT 4MILES WEST OF THE ARPT STATED THEY HEARD AND SAW THE ACFT FLYING LOW IN THE AREA. THE WX WAS 300 OBS WITH FOG AND DRIZZLE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N26FM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Beech D95A
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TD 589
- Airframe hours: 1733
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-360-B1B 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Roger F. King
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 21, 1985, 52 hours before
- Departed: SRQ, SARASOTA, FL
- Destination: MIV, MILLVILLE, NJ
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: MIV, Millville Muni, runway 10, 5,000 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 800 total, 300 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 60° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 300 ft
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MIL, 2 nm away

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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