# Accident 19990704008089A: Beech 58, Hilo, HI, July 4, 1999 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: July 4, 1999, 12:46 local time - Place: Hilo, HI - Airport: Hilo General Lyman Field Airport - Damage: Destroyed - Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 19.6902° N, 155.0799° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.6902&lon=-155.0799&mi=10 - Aircraft: N971GA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N971GA-2000-06-01) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH 58 - Reported engine: CONT IO550C - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 1 - Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total - NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX99FA242](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99FA242) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990704008089A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ACFT CRASHED ON TAKE-OFF AND WAS DESTROYED, THE PILOT/SOLE OCCUPANT SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (-23) A/C CRASHED ON TAKE-OFF. A/C DESTROYED AND ONE FATALITY. (.4)ON JULY 4, 1999, AT 1246 HOURS HAWAII STANDARD TIME, A BEECH 58, N971GA, OPERATED BY GENERAL AVIATION SERVICES, INC., OF LAKE ZURICH,ILLINOIS, WAS DESTROYED FOLLOWING A COLLISION WIHT THE RUNWAY DURING TAKEOFF AND INITIAL CLIMB AT THE HILO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, HILO, HAWAII. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE WAS ON A FERRY FLIGHT FROM NAGOYA, JAPAN, TO ROCKPORT, ILLINOIS. THIS FLIGHT LEG WAS DESTINED FOR OAKLAND, CA. ABOUT 2,023 MILES NORTHEAST. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE DEPARTURE POINT FOR THE FLIGHT OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91 AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE A/C WAS ISSUED A FERRY PERMIT BY THE FAA FOR THE OPERAITON. THE PILOT DEPARTED JAPAN MAY 24, 1999, AND ARRIVED AT SAIPAN. HE DEPARTED SAIPAN MAY 25, ENROUTE TO PHONPEI; AND DEPARTED PHONPEI MAY 26, ENROUTE TO MAJURO. HE DEPARTED MAJURO MAY 29, AND DIVERTED TO JOHNSTON ATOLL. THE AIRPLANE REMAINED ON JOHNSTON ATOLL FOR ABOUT 18 DAYS DURING WHICH TIME THE ORIGINAL SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT DATED JUNE 6, 1999, EXPIRED. THE PILOT RECEIVED A REISSUANCE, WITH AN EXOIRATION DATE OF JULY 9, 1999. WHILE AT JOHNSTON ATOLL, THE AIRPLANE WAS REFUELED WITH 50 GALLONS OF AUTOMOBILE GAS INTO THE RIGHT AUXILLARY FUEL TANK. ALSO ADDED WAS 50 GALLONS OF 100LL AVIATION FUEL OBTAINED FROM HONOLULU BY BARGE. THE PILOT DEPARTED JOHNSTON ATOLL JUNE 18 FOR HONOLULU. AT HONOLULU THE PILOT HAD 25 GALLONS OF AUTOMOTIVE GAS REMOVED FROM THE RIGHT AUXILIARY FUEL TANK. THE PILOT DEPARTED HONOLULU FOR HILO ON JULY 3, 1999. ACCORDING TO THE HILO FAA AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER TRANSCRIPT, ON JULY 4, 1999, AT 1247, THE PILOT WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 08 AT HILO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. HE DEPARTED FROM THE 9,800 FOOT RUNWAY THRESHOLD AND ROTATED AT 3,000 FEET. SUBSEQUENT MEASUREMENTS MADE DURING THE INVESTIGAITON DETERMINED THAT THE FIRST SCARS ASSOCIATED WITH THE AIRPLANE (AT THE IMPACT LOCATION OBSERVED BY WITNESSES) WAS 6,300 FEET FROM THE START OF THE TAKEOFF ROLL. AFTER 50 TO 100 FEET AGL, THE PILOT ANNOUNCED ON THE LOCAL CONTROL FREQUENCY "COMING, COMING, COME IN FOR LANDING, I CAN'T MAKE IT SIR." ACCORDING TO TOWER PERSONNEL, THE LANDING GEAR WAS OBSERVED TO RETRACT THEN EXTEND. THE PILOT FILED AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN FOR 13 HOURS 10 MINUTES, WITH 14 HOURS 6 MINUTES OF FUEL ONBOARD. ## 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 LAX99FA242](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99FA242), Jul 4, 1999: Beech 58 (N971GA), Hilo, HI, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's improper fuel system modifications resulting in inadequate fuel flow to the left engine during a critical phase of flight. Factors in the accident were the operation at an over gross… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.