- Date
- February 27, 1981
- Place
- Beaumont, TX · BEAUMONT, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2155LBeech 95-B55
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810227006629A
- Case key
- 126467
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0782 81/2/27 BEAUMONT,TX BEECH 95-B55 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 1876 TIME - 0732 N2155L PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 139 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BEAUMONT MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BEAUMONT,TX HOUSTON,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-FAILED TO MAINTAIN POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 61 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 120 7 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2155L
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Beaumont Muni
N2155LRegistration cancelled Aug 7, 2013 · Beech 95-B55 (T42A)Airframe modelBeech 95-B55 (T42A)Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2155L · 1
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