# Accident 19791221044059A: Beech 58, Taylorville, IL, December 21, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 1979, 17:40 local time
- Place: Taylorville, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5634° N, 89.3180° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Taylorville, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5634&lon=-89.3180&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2058X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2058X-1982-10-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520-CB (registry code 17234, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-cb) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 642 total, 10 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80DA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791221044059A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO TREES ON VFR NIGHT APPROACH TO AIRPORT WITH LOW CEILING, FOG & RAIN IN AREA.

## 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 CHI80DA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DA018), Dec 21, 1979: Beech B58 (N2058X), Taylorville, IL, destroyed, 2 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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