ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 42807
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 December 1999 |
| Time: | 14:30 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft D95A Travel Air |
| Owner/operator: | Delta Qualiflight |
| Registration: | N456E |
| MSN: | TD-650 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6167 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360-B1B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Boyd, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Fort Worth, TX (FTW |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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.
Probable Cause: The instructor pilot's inadvertent stall/spin.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW00FA052
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:24 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 14-Dec-2017 10:00 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2024 15:50 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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