Beechcraft D95A N456E

Summary

On 22 December 1999 at about 19:30 local time, a Beechcraft D95A registered N456E was involved in an accident near Boyd, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

22 December 1999 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Boyd, Texas, United States

Coordinates

33.0808, -97.5606

Aircraft

Beechcraft D95A

Registration

N456E

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fort Worth → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW00FA052

2 people died.

The instructor pilot's inadvertent stall/spin.

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 to have the private pilot receiving instruction practice commercial maneuvers under the flight instructor's supervision in the twin-engine airplane. Witnesses reported observing the airplane spiraling downward at a 45 degree angle until it disappeared behind trees. The Civil Air Patrol located the airplane wreckage in an open field the following day. The airplane came to rest intact and upright. There were no ground scars located at the accident site except for one directly below the tail tie down ring and another located 1-foot aft of the left wing tip. The wings did not display any chordwise impact damage. The landing gear and flaps were found in the extended position. No pre-accident anomalies were noted with the airplane. The only maneuvers listed in the operator's maneuver reference manual and the instructor's lesson plans that required the landing gear and flaps to be extended were slow flight, power-off stalls, and emergency descents.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.