# Accident 19790407040139A: Beech 58TC, St Anne, IL, April 7, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1979, 08:39 local time
- Place: St Anne, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0235° N, 87.7170° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Anne, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0235&lon=-87.7170&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17994, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17994-1980-05-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58TC (registry code 1152746, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58TC
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520L
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 400 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79AA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79AA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790407040139A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED IN UNCONTROLLED SPIRALLING DESCENT UNTIL CRASH. PILOT HAD MENTIONED ICE IN HIS TRANSMISSIONS.

## 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 CHI79AA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79AA041), Apr 7, 1979: Beech 58TC (N17994), St.Anne, IL, destroyed, 6 fatal

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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