# Accident 19900420010249A: Beech 58, Dallas, TX, April 20, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 1990, 01:11 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Dallas Love Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AXCA
- Location: 32.8295° N, 96.8497° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8295&lon=-96.8497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N770X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N770X-1990-11-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT IO520C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,631 total, 120 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW90FA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90FA097) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900420010249A

## Narrative

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

ASKED TO RETURN TO LAND. MADE STEEP TURN AND STALLED OVER TOP CRASHED AND BURNED. INCORRECTLY USED HIGH BOOST PUMPS

## 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 FTW90FA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90FA097), Apr 20, 1990: Beech 58 (N770X), Dallas, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER USE OF THE FUEL BOOST PUMPS FOR TAKE, AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED ABOVE THE MINIMUM SINGLE ENGINE CONTROL SPEED (VMC), WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL.

## Other reports on N770X (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19841207070019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841207070019I), Dec 7, 1984: Beech 58 (N770X), Dallas, TX, Minor damage. While taxiing to park in freight area, aircraft struck unmarked curbing. Taxiway had no centerline markings.

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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