# Accident 19790228005929A: Beech 58, Chesterfield, MO, February 28, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 1979, 19:04 local time
- Place: Chesterfield, MO
- Airport: Spirit St Louis
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6631° N, 90.5771° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chesterfield, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6631&lon=-90.5771&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4494A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4494A-2019-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,793 total, 1,715 in this make and model, 78 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79FCA11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FCA11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790228005929A

## Narrative

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

PILOT FLEW INTO THE GROUND AFTER PASSING THE OUTER MARKER ON AN ILS APPROACH. NO EQUIPMENT FAILURE FOUND.

## 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 MKC79FCA11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FCA11), Feb 28, 1979: Beech 58 (N4494A), Chesterfield, MO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4494A (2)

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

- [Accident 20171207022789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171207022789A), Dec 7, 2017: Beech 58 (N4494A), St Croix, VI, Destroyed, 5 fatal. On December 7, 2017, approximately at 210 atlantic standard time; an aircraft Beech baron model BE58, registration number N4494A, while climbing after taking…
- [Accident 19800718027709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800718027709A), Jul 18, 1980: Beech 58 (N4494A), Kansas City, KS, Substantial damage. Inadvertently put gear up on takeoff roll. Landing gear horn inoperative.

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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