# Accident 19990813011959A: Beech 58, Panacea, FL, August 13, 1999 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: August 13, 1999, 17:30 local time - Place: Panacea, FL - Airport: Wakulla County Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing) - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 30.0306° N, 84.3795° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0306&lon=-84.3795&mi=10 - Aircraft: N24DB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24DB-2017-04-25) (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: 3,427 total, 119 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA99FA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99FA219) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990813011959A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ACFTCRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES ON A GRASS STRIP. THE PILOT SUFFER ED FATAL INJURIES, THE PASSENGER HAS SERIOUS INJURIES, THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED. (.19)ON AUGUST 13, 1999, ABOUT 1730 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A BEECH B-58, N24DB, REGISTERED TO DELTA FOX, INC., OPERATING AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT, CRASHED WHILE LANDING AT WAKULLA COUNTY AIRPORT, PANACEA, FLORDIA. VISUAL METEROROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGTH PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT-RATED PILOT SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES, AND A PASSENGER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, ABOUT 1 HOUR 10 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. ACCORDING TO A PILOT WHO LANDED ON RUNWAY 18 AT WAKULLA COUNTY ABOUT 20 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT, HE COULD SEE A THUNDERSTROM FAST APPROACHING THE FIELD FROM THE WEST. LIGHT RAIN BEGAN SPRINKLING THE AIRPORT JUST BEFORE THE ACCIDENT, AND THE WIND SHIFTED FROM THE SOUTH TO THE NORTH. THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT LANDED DOWNWIND ON RUNWAY 18, TOUCHDOWN HA LF-WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY, AND SKIDDED OFF THE END, THROUGH A CHAIN-LINK FENCE AND INTO A THICKET OF OAK TREES. (.4)ACCORDING TO AN AIRPARK RESIDENT AND PILOT WHO LANDED ON TH E SAME, SINGLE 2,280 FOOT SOD RUNWAY ABOUT 20 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT, THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY APPROACHING THE AIRPORT FROM THE WEST. LIGHT RAIN BEGAN FALLING AND THE WIND SHIFTED FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE WAS OBSERVED TO ENTER A LEFT BASE FOR RUNWAY 18 FROM OVERHEAD THE AIRPORT AND TOUCH DOWN ABOUT THE MID POINT OF THE RUNWAY. THE PASSENGER STATED THAT THE PILOT, HIMSELF, YELLED TO HER TO HOLD ON, THAT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO GET STOPPED. THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, THROUGH A CHAIN LINK FENCE, AND INTO A THICKET OF TREES. THE TREE COLLISION DESTROYED THE RIGHT WING AND THE NOSE SECTION, DISPLACING THE INSTRUMENT PANEL REARWARD. POSTCRASH EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE'S ENGINES, ENGINE CONTROLS, PROPELLERS, BRAKE SYSTEM, AND FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS REVEALED NO PRECRASH FAILURES OR MALFUNCTIONS. (-23) ON AUGUST 13, 1999, AT 1730 EDT, A BEECH 58, N24DB, REGISTERED TO DELTA FOX, INC., OVERSHOT THE GRASS RUNWAY AND CRASHED THROUGH A CHAIN LINK FENCE AND OAK TREES, AT WAKULLA COUNTY AIRPORT WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE ARICRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THE PILOT WAS FATAL AND THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. ## 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 MIA99FA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99FA219), Aug 13, 1999: Beech B-58 (N24DB), Panacea, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's excessive speed and extended touchdown point during landing resulting in an inability to stop the airplane within the length of the wet, grass runway, and the subsequent on-ground… 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.