- Date
- May 28, 1982, 10:58 local (14:58 UTC)
- Place
- Columbia, MD
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N187QBeech D95A
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- FAA report
- 19820528019569A
- Case key
- 70309
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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 acft was vectored to intercept the localizer course for an ILS approach to rwy 10 at balt-wash-intl arpt. It was then observed to fly through & to the north of the localizer course. The acft was then directed to turn left to a heading of 360 for resequencing, however the acft was observed making a 360 to the right. The acft was tracked by the radar computer in a right turn, completing almost 360 deg of turn with a steady groundspeed decay accompanied by erraticaltitude excursions. This was followed by an abrupt course reversal, rapid groundspeed decay, & continued erratic altitude excursions. The acft crashed into a house in a residental section of Columbia in an inverted position. The acft's aft CG limit was exceeded. This would result in a deterioration of the acft's dynamic stability which would produce exaggerated acft reactions to otherwise normal control displacement inputs. The plt had not logged any instrument time or instrument approaches during the six months preceeding the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N187Q
- Reported as
- Beech D95A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TD609
- Airframe hours
- 2,160
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-B1B, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Public aircraft · Part 91
- Operator
- Angus Hines Jr.
- Registered owner
- Angus Hines Jr.
- Departed
- PVG · Portsmouth, VA
- Destination
- BW1 · Baltimore, MD
- 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
- 35
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,134 total · 1,868 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 151 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BW1
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.