ERA13WA431

NTSB accident investigation · Beech 95B55 - B · Concepcion, Paraguay · November 16, 2012

Accident · FatalForeign investigation
Date
November 16, 2012, 11:13 local (11:13 UTC)
Place
Concepcion, Paraguay
Injuries
3 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Maneuvering
Aircraft
ZP-BLVBeech 95B55 - B
Defining event
Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Loss of control in flight
Weather
Visual (VMC)
NTSB office
Eastern Region Aviation
Lead agency
Other
Case key
88134

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Loss of control in flightManeuvering-low-alt flyingAll aircraft: 5,002 casesDefining event

Factual narrative

On November 16, 2012, about 0813 local time (1113 coordinated universal time), a Beech BE-55, Paraguayan registration ZP-BLV, was destroyed when it impacted terrain about 500 meters short of the runway at a ranch in Departamento Presidente Hayes, about 50 kilometers northwest of Concepcion, Paraguay, and 235 kilometers north of Asuncion, Paraguay. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The Paraguayan pilot and two passengers were fatally injured. The flight, which originated at Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (SGAS), Asuncion, Paraguay, was operating under Paraguayan flight regulations. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Paraguay. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Direccion Nacional de Aeronautica Civil Centro de Investigacion y Prevencion de Accidentes Aeronauticos (CIPAA) Aeropuerto International Silvio Pettirossi CC 1752 Asuncion Asuncion Paraguay Phone: (595-21) 64559 Fax: (595-21) 645599 This report is for informational purposes, and only contains information that was released by the government of Paraguay.

Aircraft

Registration
ZP-BLV
Reported as
Beech 95B55 - B (B)
Category
Airplane
Serial number
TC-1949
Engines
Teledyne Continental IO-550-E, reciprocatingTeledyne Continental IO-550-E, reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed
Flight
Non-U.S., non-commercial
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Departed
SGAS · Asuncion
Destination
Concepcion
Airport
None

Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

Role
Pilot
Injuries
Fatal
Seat
Left

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC)

Docket · 1

The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 12, 2013, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 24 KB in all.