# NTSB Accident IAD99FA038
> **Beech BE-95A** · 1999-04-12 · SHAWSVILLE, VA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** IAD99FA038
- **Event ID:** 20001205X00479
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1999-04-12
- **Location:** SHAWSVILLE, VA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 37.129524, -80.249275
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 4
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Beech
- **Model:** BE-95A
- **Registration:** N3113K
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's inadequate preflight planning which resulted in intentional flight into known severe turbulence and the subsequent loss of control.  Factors in the accident were the turbulence in instrument meteorological conditions and an airplane loaded over the maximum allowable gross weight and outside the allowable center-of-gravity range.

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