# Accident 19891025042789A: Beech 58P, Manassas, VA, October 25, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1989, 20:40 local time
- Place: Manassas, VA
- Airport: Manassas Municipal/Harry P Davis
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7468° N, 77.4826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manassas, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7468&lon=-77.4826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86MC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86MC-1990-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58P (registry code 1152744, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58P
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520WB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO90FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO90FA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891025042789A

## Narrative

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

NIGHT TAKEOFF TURNED BACK LAND 17R. SLOW DIVE CRASHED. TRIM PROBLEM. FULL DOWN. CHAIN OFF SPROCKET. INSTALLED WRONG

## 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 BFO90FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO90FA002), Oct 26, 1989: Beech 58P (N86MC), Nokesville, VA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: IMPROPER INSTALLATION OF THE ELEVATOR TRIM ACTUATORS, AND SUBSEQUENT JAMMING OF THE ELEVATOR TRIM IN A NOSE DOWN TRIM POSITION.

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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