# NTSB CEN23LA243: Beech 95, N99PL, Edna, TX, June 15, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: June 15, 2023, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Edna, TX
- Coordinates: 28.941667, -96.567778 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.9417&lon=-96.5678&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 192394
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN23LA243
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/192394/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=192394
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA243

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during a precautionary off-field landing.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained; cases with it: [Beech 95, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=1153402), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech 95, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=1153402), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490); cases with it: [Beech 95, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=1153402), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md)

## Analysis

While the pilot was enroute to his destination, he reported that the airplane door opened inflight, so he performed a precautionary landing to a rural road. During the landing, the pilot lost control of the airplane and it veered left and entered a corn field. The left landing gear collapsed, and the airplane came to rest upright. Examination of the airframe by responding inspectors from the Federal Aviation Administration found substantial damage to the right wing and that the interior of the airplane had been mostly dismantled. There were no knobs or placards for the fuel selectors. Fuel lines to both engines were empty of fuel. Flight control continuity was confirmed. The pilot did not submit the National Transportation Safety Board Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident/Incident Report Form 6120.1.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N99PL](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N99PL), registered now, S/N TD-285, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95
- Registry model: [Beech 95](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95) (registry code 1153402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TD-285
- Year built: 1959
- Engines: Lycoming O-360-A1A 180 horsepower reciprocating; Lycoming O-360-A1A 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: TX42, Monaville, TX
- Destination: KTXW, Weslaco, TX

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 150° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 91 °F, dew point 79 °F
- Altimeter: 29.71 inHg
- Observed at: KVCT, 20 nm away
- METAR: METAR KVCT 152251Z 15015G25KT 10SM SCT028 BKN035 33/26 A2971 RMK AO2 SLP056 T03280261=

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 4, 2024, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=192394. 1.9 MB in all.

- Record of conversation FAA (item 1, PDF, 2 pages, 91 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16759584&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ROC%20FAA%20Inspector-Rel.pdf
- Photos (item 2, PDF, 6 pages, 5 photos, 1.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16756595&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photos-Rel.pdf
- NTSB form 6120 not received (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 55 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16759089&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Memo%206120%20Not%20Returned-Rel.pdf

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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