- Date
- September 29, 1987, 07:45 local (11:45 UTC)
- Place
- Pittstown, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7955MBeech D95A
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870929057319A
- Case key
- 30520
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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
Pilot departed runway 26 at alexandria arpt toward trees in fog. Left wing hit trees. Acft landed hard collapsing landing gear. Acft hit a tree in area of pilot seat during lndg fatally injuring the plt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7955M
- Reported as
- Beech D95A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TD667
- Airframe hours
- 3,329
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-B1B, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Peter P. Vaida
- Registered owner
- Alexandria Pilots Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1987 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- N85 · Pittstown, NJ
- Destination
- BDR · Bridgeport, CT
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
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 27 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7955M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.