# Accident 19890620016269A: Beech B60, Columbia, SC, June 20, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 1989, 16:42 local time
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Airport: Columbia Metropolitan
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8103° N, 81.0997° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8103&lon=-81.0997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78TW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78TW-1991-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B-60 (registry code 1153605, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b-60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B60
- Reported engine: LYC TIO541E1C4
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 1,290 total, 26 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL89FA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89FA165) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890620016269A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED INTO AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS INDICATIVE OF OVERSTRESS. WING SPAR BREAKS.

## 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 ATL89FA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89FA165), Jun 20, 1989: Beech B-60 (N78TW), Gaston, SC, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT EXERCISED QUESTIONABLE JUDGEMENT IN INITIATING A FLIGHT INTO AN AREA OF KNOWN THUNDERSTORMS. FURTHER, EITHER DELIBERATELY OR INADVERTANTLY ENTERED A THUNDERSTORM AND OVERSTRESSED THE…

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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