# NTSB DCA82AA023: Beech D95A, N187Q, Columbia, MD, May 28, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: May 28, 1982, 10:58 local (14:58 UTC)
- Place: Columbia, MD
- Location: 39.2404° N, 76.8394° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbia, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2404&lon=-76.8394&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 5 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 28, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70309
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA82AA023
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70309/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA82AA023

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, missed approach (ifr)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)
  - missed approach - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aircraft weight and balance - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft handling - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - excessive workload (task overload), pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent instrument time, pilot in command (cause)
  - spatial disorientation, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, descent - uncontrolled
  - object - residence

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N187Q-1984-04-17), registration cancelled 1984-04-17, S/N TD-609 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D95A
- Registry model: [Beech D95A](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d95a) (registry code 1153408) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TD609
- Airframe hours: 2160
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820528019569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820528019569A), May 28, 1982: Beech D95A, Columbia, MD, Destroyed, 4 fatal. Flew through localizer. Lost control on missed approach. Uncontrolled descent to impact. CG aft of limit.

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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