# Accident 19841206064509A: Beech 58, Charleston, SC, December 6, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 1984, 04:34 local time
- Place: Charleston, SC
- Airport: Executive
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7048° N, 80.0199° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7048&lon=-80.0199&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7230R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7230R-2013-05-06) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520CB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,359 total, 85 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL85MA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85MA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841206064509A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DESCENDED BELOW MDA AND STRUCK TREES DURING APPROACH. PILOT UNDER STRESS AND USING METHAMPHETAMINES.

## 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 ATL85MA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85MA049), Dec 6, 1984: Beech 58 (N7230R), Charleston, SC, destroyed, 1 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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