# NTSB ERA13WA431: Beech 95B55 - B, Concepcion, Paraguay, November 16, 2012

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: November 16, 2012, 11:13 local (11:13 UTC)
- Place: Concepcion, Paraguay
- Coordinates: -23.1175, -57.882499 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-23.1175&lon=-57.8825&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 88134
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA13WA431
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/88134/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88134
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13WA431

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95B55 - B (B)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TC-1949
- Engines: Teledyne Continental IO-550-E reciprocating; Teledyne 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.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 12, 2013, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88134. 24 KB in all.

- Memorandum of Record (item 1, .PDF, 24 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40403646&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memorandum%20of%20Record-Master.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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