# NTSB LAX84FA101: Beech 95-A55, N1563Z, Tucson, AZ, December 11, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: December 11, 1983, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Coordinates: 32.060337, -111.419532 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0603&lon=-111.4195&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23917
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84FA101
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23917/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84FA101

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT CRASHED DURING A LOCAL MULTI-ENGINE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. THERE WERE NO KNOWN WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE FAILED TO REVEAL ANY PRE-IMPACT MALFUNCTION OF THE AIRCRAFT OR ENGINE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N1563Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-A55
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TC223
- Airframe hours: 4018
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470L 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: John M. Vance
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 3, 1983, 116 hours before
- Departed: RYN, TUCSON, AZ
- Airport: RYN, Ryan Field

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; toxicology performed; flight hours: 17,125 total, 500 in this make and model, 17,017 as pilot in command, 287 in the last 90 days, 67 in the last 30 days, 8 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 50° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: TUS, 17 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831211060299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831211060299A), Dec 11, 1983: Beech 95A55, Tucson, AZ, Destroyed. Aircraft crashed during multiengine training maneuver.

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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