Beechcraft 95 N2711Y

Summary

On 2 October 1993 at about 18:30 local time, a Beechcraft 95 registered N2711Y, operated by Midwest School of Aeronautics, was involved in an accident near Roodhouse, Illinois, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

2 October 1993 at 18:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Roodhouse, Illinois, United States

Coordinates

39.4806, -90.3709

Aircraft

Beechcraft 95

Registration

N2711Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Midwest School of Aeronautics

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

St. Charles → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI94FA002

2 people died.

was the inadequate supervision by the flight instructor which resulted in the inadvertent stall/spin by the student.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS MULTI-ENGINE FLIGHT TRAINING. THE TWIN-ENGINE AIRPLANE WAS OBSERVED MAKING POWER CHANGES DURING LEVEL FLIGHT SHORTLY BEFORE THE ACCIDENT AT AN ESTIMATED 1,500 TO 2,000 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. WITNESSES REPORTED HEARING ENGINE SOUND CHANGES AND OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE ENTER A RIGHT-HAND SPIN. THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH TREES AND TERRAIN SHORTLY AFTER ENTERING THE SPIN. AN ON-SCENE INVESTIGATION REVEALED POWERPLANT, POWERPLANT CONTROLS, AND FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY. THE STUDENT PILOT HAD TO SIT ON A SEAT CUSHION IN ORDER TO SEE THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD ACCORDING TO THE AIRPLANE'S OWNER. THE OWNER STATED THE STUDENT'S FEET WERE NOT ABLE TO TOUCH THE RUDDER PEDALS COMPLETELY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.