# Accident 19790224014979A: Beech 58, Oneonta, NY, February 24, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 1979, 11:07 local time
- Place: Oneonta, NY
- Airport: Oneonta
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 42.4548° N, 75.0669° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oneonta, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4548&lon=-75.0669&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17574, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17574-1981-05-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,700 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790224014979A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ATTEMPT. VOR APPROACH IN WEATHER BELOW MINIMUMS, STRUCK TREE STUMP & CRASHED 190FT. RT. OF APPROACH END OF RUNWAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC79FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA025), Feb 24, 1979: Beech 58 (N17574), Oneonta, NY, destroyed

## Other reports on N17574 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19780223000869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780223000869I), Feb 23, 1978: Beech 58 (N17574), Newark, NJ. Pilot landed on a taxiway after being cleared to land on runway 17.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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