- Date
- August 7, 1993, 19:00 local (Aug 8, 1993, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lafayette, IN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N958MQBeech 95-B55B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930807027909A
- Case key
- 9263
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Probable cause
the loss of engine power for reason or reasons undetermined.
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
During initial climb from a touch and go landing the airplane sustained a loss of engine power on the right engine. The pilot was unable to obtain a positive climb rate and the airplane descended into terrain off the runway. A post accident examination of the engine failed to reveal any pre-existing anomalies which would have resulted in the power loss.
Factual narrative
On August 7, 1993, at 1900 eastern standard time, a Beech 95-B55B, N958MQ, registered to and operated by Lawrence B. Schmidt of Lafayette, Indiana, experienced a partial loss of engine power during a touch and go landing to the east on a private strip near Lafayette, Indiana. The airplane sustained substantial damage on impact with the terrain. The pilot and two passengers reported no injuries. The local personal 14 CFR Part 91 flight was being conducted in visual meteorological conditions. No flight plan was on file. The flight originated at 1830.
The pilot told Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspectors that the right engine had quit during takeoff. A post accident examination of that engine failed to reveal the reason for the power failure. An FAA inspector's report is attached to this report.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N958MQ
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-1223
- Airframe hours
- 2,906
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Schmidt, Lawrence B.
- Registered owner
- Schmidt, Lawrence B.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 11, 1992 · 14 hours before
- Airport
- 31IN · Timberhouse, runway 9, 2,700 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 28,000 total · 400 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAF, 10 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.