# Accident 19980425007609A: Beech 58, Kerrville, TX, April 25, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1998, 23:50 local time
- Place: Kerrville, TX
- Airport: Kerrville Municipal/Louis Schreiner
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0396° N, 99.1291° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0396&lon=-99.1291&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60UU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60UU-2017-06-14) (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 IO550C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98FA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA192) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980425007609A

## Narrative

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

ACFT VFR TO ERV. ATTEMPTED APPROACH BUT RUNWAY WAS NOT LIGHTED. ACFT REQUESTED CLOSEST APT WITH LIGHTS. (FROM .4)  THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE TWIN ENGINE AIRPLANE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DIVERT TO AN AIRPORT WITH A LIGHTED RUNWAY IN DARK NIGHT CONDITIONS WITH OVERCAST SKIES AND MIST.  DURING A WEATHER BRIEFING 4 HOURS BEFORE DEPARTURE, THE PILOT WAS BRIEFED ON WEATHER DETERIORATING NEAR MIDNIGHT AND THAT RUNWAY 12/30 WAS CLOSED AT THE DESTINATION AIRPORT.  UPON ARRIVAL AT THE DESTINATION, THE PILOT MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO ACTIVATE RUNWAY LIGHTS FOR RUNWAY 20 BEFORE HE INQUIRED AND WAS INFORMED BY THE CONTROLLER THAT RUNWAY 20 DID NOT HAVE ANY RUNWAY LIGHTS.  THE PILOT REQUESTED A DIVERSION TO THE CLOSEST AIRPORT WITH RUNWAY LIGHTS AND AT LEAST A 4,500 FOOT RUNWAY.  THE PILOT WAS GIVEN A HEADING TO AN AIRPORT 18 MILES AWAY.  THIS WAS THE LAST TRANSMISSION ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE PILOT.  THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED TERRAIN IN A STEEP NOSE WON ATTITUDE.  EXAMINATION OF THE AIRFRAME AND ENGINES DID NOT REVEAL EVIDENCE OF ANY STRUCTURAL OR MECHANICAL ANOMALIES.                                 (-23) SEE NARRATIVE #FTW98FA192

## 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 FTW98FA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA192), Apr 26, 1998: Beech BE-58 (N60UU), Kerrville, TX, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The non-instrument rated pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control due to spatial disorientation. Factors were the dark night conditions, overcast skies, and the pilot's inadequate preflight…

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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