Beechcraft B95 N9639R

Summary

On 21 April 1982 at about 15:00 local time, a Beechcraft B95 registered N9639R, operated by Fisher Sales & Service, Inc., was involved in an accident near Climax Springs, Missouri, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

21 April 1982 at 15:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Climax Springs, Missouri, United States

Coordinates

38.0990, -93.0502

Aircraft

Beechcraft B95

Registration

N9639R

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Fisher Sales & Service, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Camdenton → Kansas City

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC82FA058

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

APPROXIMATELY 8 MIN AFTER TAKEOFF THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED AT A VERY LOW ALTITUDE. IT STARTED A RIGHT TURN THAT GRADUALLY STEEPENED UNTIL THE WINGS WERE ALMOST VERTICAL. AFTER ALMOST TWO TURNS THE WINGS LEVELED FOR AN INSTANT, THEN THE RIGHT WING & NOSE DROPPED & THE ACFT DOVE INTO THE TREES. THE PLT HAD A HISTORY OF A CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE BEGINNING WITH A CORONARY COLLAPSE IN 1962. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED IN 1971 & THE LAST EKG TAKEN PRIOR TO DISCHARGE SHOWED AN UNEQUIVICAL ACUTE HIGH LATERAL INFARCTION. HE WAS ADVISED OF THE HAZARDS & DANGER TO HIS LIFE IF HE SHOULD FLY IN AN AIRPLANE AGAIN.DURING THE FLT PHYSICALS OF 1977, 1979 & 1981 THE PLT MARKED "NO" TO THE MEDICAL RECORD HISTORY QUESTION CONCERNING ANY PREVIOUS HEART TROUBLES. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THE PLT EVER DISCONTINUED HIS PILOTING ACTIVITIES FOR ANY EXTENDED PERIOD DURING THE PAST 20 YEARS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.