- Date
- May 26, 1998, 21:15 local (May 27, 1998, 01:15 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, FL
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2705YBeech 95
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1998
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19980527010799A
- Case key
- 38528
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed (VSO) on final approach resulting in an inadvertent stall.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated he turned final with a left crosswind and encountered a strong gust at about 100 feet which lifted the left wing up between 45 to 60 degrees. He applied aileron, rudder and differential power with negative results and the airplane collided with the ground. An airline captain waiting to depart on a scheduled flight stated he observed the light twin in a very nose high attitude at about 10 to 20 feet in the air, and the airplane was flying at a very slow airspeed. The airplane started to turn to the right and rolled over on its right wing colliding with the ground. The surface weather observation at the destination airport revealed no recorded record of windshear, downdrafts, or gusts.
Factual narrative
On May 26, 1998, about 2115 eastern daylight time, a Beech BE-95, N2705Y, registered to Eagle Aircraft Corporation, operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, crashed on landing to runway 13 at the Jacksonville International Airport, Jacksonville, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and an IFR flight plan was filed. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The private pilot reported no injuries. Two passengers reported minor injuries. The flight originated from Tallahassee Regional Airport, Tallahassee, Florida, about 1 hour 15 minutes before the accident.
The pilot stated he was instructed to land short, if possible, due to a DC-9 that was waiting to depart. He turned final with a left crosswind. At about 100 feet, he experienced a strong wind gust which lifted the left wing up about 45 to 60 degrees. He applied aileron, rudder, and differential power with negative results. The right wing collided with the ground. The nose wheel separated, the left main landing gear collapsed, and the airplane came to a complete stop in the grass.
A commercial airliner was on taxiway "P". The captain stated, "I observed a Lt twin a/c in a very nose high attitude; at least 20( nose up. It was about 10 to 20 feet in the air. It was flying at a very slow airspeed. Then it started to turn to the right almost wing level. Next, the a/c started to roll over on its right wing. It hit the ground with its right wing tip. It was almost in a 90-bank at impact."
The Jacksonville 2056 surface weather observation was: wind 170 at 9 knots, 10 miles visibility, 6,000 broken, 8,500 broken, temperature 86 degrees Fahrenheit, dew point 74 degrees Fahrenheit, and altimeter 29.99. There was no recorded windshear, down drafts, or gusts.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2705Y
- Reported as
- Beech 95
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TD-53
- Airframe hours
- 5,190
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1-A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ray T. Hanselman
- Registered owner
- Eagle Aircraft Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 2, 1998 · 49 hours before
- Departed
- TLH · Tallahassee, FL
- Destination
- JAX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- JAX · Jacksonville Intl, runway 13, 7,700 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 222 total · 23 in this make and model · 127 as pilot in command · 48 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAX
FAA reports on this event · 1
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