# Accident 19921125047749A: Beech 58, Columbia, SC, November 25, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 1992, 02:17 local time
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Airport: Columbia Metropolitan
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FDYA
- Location: 33.9394° N, 81.1496° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9394&lon=-81.1496&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9321Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9321Q-2002-12-11) (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 IO520C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,750 total, 100 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL93FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL93FA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921125047749A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO GROUND EAST OF AIRPORT ON A MISSED APPROACH. STRUCK TREES AND BURNED. NO GROUND LIGHTS. FAILED TO CLIMB.

## 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 ATL93FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL93FA028), Nov 25, 1992: Beech 58 (N9321Q), West Columbia, SC, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S CONTINUED OPERATION WITH KNOWN DEFICIENT EQUIPMENT, HIS IMPROPER DESCENT, AND HIS FAILURE TO PERFORM A MISSED APPROACH. A FACTOR WAS THE OPERATOR'S INADEQUATE SURVEILLANCE OF THE PILOT'S…

## Other reports on N9321Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19890706036839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890706036839I), Jul 6, 1989: Beech 58 (N9321Q), Asheville, NC. On a short field landing, aircraft hit and knocked off lenses of 2 threshold lights. Pilot unaware of incident.

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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