- Date
- August 4, 1982, 17:30 local (Aug 5, 1982, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Palo Verde, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1URBeech 95-B55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820804069899A
- Case key
- 72150
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft took off from a road near the plt's home. It was observed to go around a pickup truck parked alongside the road & then lift off. The acft climbed, turned right briefly & then went wings level. It then started a right descending turn into the ground. The right propeller had only a few light nicks on the leading edge of the blades. The right eng fuel selector handle & valve were in an intermediate position between the main & aux tank, partially exposing the aux tank line. Only a small amount of fuel was observed in the right wing main tank. The right wing aux tank was filled with approximately 30 gals water & a small amount of fuel was observed floating on the water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1UR
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC1562
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-L21A, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Watkins & Sons Aviation
- Registered owner
- Watkins & Sons Aviation
- Departed
- Arlington, AZ
- Destination
- Buckeye, AZ
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Invalid Medical for flight
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.