- Date
- March 24, 1991, 14:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Chassahowitzka, FL
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N95BEBeech 95-B55
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910324007499A
- Case key
- 32748
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Probable cause
The pilot in commands continued VFR flight into IFR conditions resulting in an inflight loss of control and an inflight collision with the ground.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Non-instrument rated plt received wx briefing for VFR flt. Dept point and dest were VFR and en route conditions were marginal VFR. Flt dept and no further radio contact with flt was made. 1 hour 25 min later witnesses saw acft flying in and out of 200 foot overcast. A short time later other witnesses heard acft flying across marsh with engines operating normally. Engine noise ceased abruptly and they turned to see cloud of mud and water. Acft had impacted at high speed in approx 60 degree right bank and 20 to 30 degree nose down attitude. Pieces of all acft components necessary for flt were located at the crash site. Some of the acft structure and the two engines and propellers were not recovered from the muddy crash site. The plt last logged simulated instrument time 15 months before the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95BE
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-1868
- Airframe hours
- 3,501
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Odem, John W.
- Registered owner
- Odem, John W.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 12, 1991 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- FXE · Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Destination
- TLH · Tallahassee, FL
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 407 total · 88 in this make and model · 306 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.