- Date
- November 28, 1987, 11:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Commerce, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5934SBeech 95-B55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871128068549A
- Case key
- 22528
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The purpose of the flight was to satisfy an insurance requirement that the owner receive 10 hours of dual instruction in this aircraft. The dual controls had been removed and the single control was on the left side. The aircraft was observed in a clockwise flat spin up to impact. The landing gear was down as were the flaps. The left engine was at full power while the right throttle was in the idle position and the propeller control was in the feather position. The propeller was against the start lock pins. No malfunctions were found. The CFI, who was in the right seat, had .5 hrs of flt time in Beech 95-B55'S. Far's prohibit the CFI from acting as the PIC in multiengine acft without dual controls installed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5934S
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-997
- Airframe hours
- 3,751
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-E2B, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Albert J. Kara
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 15, 1987 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- TKI · Mckinney, TX
- Destination
- TKI
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 724 total · 653 as pilot in command · 54 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAL, 70 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.