Beechcraft D95A N187Q
28 May 1982 · Columbia, Maryland, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 28 May 1982 at about 14:58 local time, a Beechcraft D95A registered N187Q, operated by Angus Hines JR., was involved in an accident near Columbia, Maryland, United States. 5 people were on board and 5 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 14:58
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Columbia, Maryland, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft D95A
- Registration
- N187Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Angus Hines JR.
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Public Use
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Portsmouth → Baltimore
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- DCA82AA023
People
5 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
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
THE ACFT WAS VECTORED TO INTERCEPT THE LOCALIZER COURSE FOR AN ILS APPROACH TO RWY 10 AT BALT-WASH-INTL ARPT. IT WAS THEN OBSERVED TO FLY THROUGH & TO THE NORTH OF THE LOCALIZER COURSE. THE ACFT WAS THEN DIRECTED TO TURN LEFT TO A HEADING OF 360 FOR RESEQUENCING, HOWEVER THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED MAKING A 360 TO THE RIGHT. THE ACFT WAS TRACKED BY THE RADAR COMPUTER IN A RIGHT TURN, COMPLETING ALMOST 360 DEG OF TURN WITH A STEADY GROUNDSPEED DECAY ACCOMPANIED BY ERRATICALTITUDE EXCURSIONS. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY AN ABRUPT COURSE REVERSAL, RAPID GROUNDSPEED DECAY, & CONTINUED ERRATIC ALTITUDE EXCURSIONS. THE ACFT CRASHED INTO A HOUSE IN A RESIDENTAL SECTION OF COLUMBIA IN AN INVERTED POSITION. THE ACFT'S AFT CG LIMIT WAS EXCEEDED. THIS WOULD RESULT IN A DETERIORATION OF THE ACFT'S DYNAMIC STABILITY WHICH WOULD PRODUCE EXAGGERATED ACFT REACTIONS TO OTHERWISE NORMAL CONTROL DISPLACEMENT INPUTS. THE PLT HAD NOT LOGGED ANY INSTRUMENT TIME OR INSTRUMENT APPROACHES DURING THE SIX MONTHS PRECEEDING THE ACCIDENT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Beechcraft D95A accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Dec 1985 | Beechcraft D95A | Millville, New Jersey, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 2 Apr 1979 | Beechcraft D95A | Davie, Florida, United States | Air Seacrest I | Fatal | 1 |
| 17 Apr 1985 | Beechcraft D95A | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 Feb 1978 | Beechcraft D95A | Quakertown, Pennsylvania, United States | Quakertown AVI | No injuries | - |
| 26 Dec 1978 | Beechcraft D95A | Roswell, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 7 Feb 1978 | Beechcraft D95A | Amidon, North Dakota, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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