- Date
- October 3, 1982, 02:10 local (09:10 UTC)
- Place
- Flagstaff, AZ
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N72RTBeech 95-55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821003050159A
- Case key
- 70685
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Two witnesses reported that between 0130 & 0200 they observed an acft performing dives, loops, inverted flight & buzzinga lake. They stopped their vehicle & continued to observe the acft. The acft then departed but returned shortly thereafter. The lake is located about 5 mi south of the accident site. The acft impacted the ground in about a 90 deg nose down attitude. The plt's blood alcohol level was 0.142%. All of the passengers blood level were positive.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72RT
- Reported as
- Beech 95-55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-1403
- Airframe hours
- 2,132
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-E, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Taylor & Taylor Farms, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Taylor & Taylor Farms, Inc.
- Departed
- FLG · Flagstaff, AZ
- Destination
- FLG · Flagstaff, AZ
- Airport
- FLG · Pulliam Airport
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,431 total · 150 in this make and model · 1,442 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 115 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.