# Accident 19991209043289A: Beech 58TC, Teterboro, NJ, December 9, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 1999, 17:27 local time
- Place: Teterboro, NJ
- Airport: Teterboro
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: S2VA
- Location: 40.8590° N, 74.0759° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8590&lon=-74.0759&mi=10
- Aircraft: N581BC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N581BC-2000-05-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58TC (registry code 1152746, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58TC
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 75 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC00FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00FA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991209043289A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ATTACHED NTSB REPORT (.4)THE AIRPLANE WAS VECTORED FOR AN ARRIVAL FROM THE WEST AT NIGHT WITH 10 MILES VISIBILITY. THE PILOT WAS INSTRUCTED TO OVER-FLY THE AIRPORT AT 1,500 FEET FOR LEFT TRAFFIC, RUNWAY 19. HE DESCENDED TO 500 FEET, AND POSITIONED THE AIRPLANE FOR A RIGHT BASE TO RUNWAY 19. HE THEN MADE A 180-DEGREE TURN TO FOLLOW ANOTHER AIRPLANE ON A RIGHT DOWNWIND. THE LOCAL CONTROLLER THEN INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO FLY A 090-DEGREE HEADING. WITNESSES LISTENING ON A SCANNER HAD OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE MAKE A 180-DEGREE STEEP TURN TO THE RIGHT. AFTER THE CONTROLLER INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO FLY 090 DEGREES, THEY OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE MAKE A STEEP TURN TO THE LEFT AND DESCEND OUT OF VIEW. THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE SIDE OF A RESIDENCE IN AN APPROXIMATE 60-DEGREE LEFT WING LOW, 30-DEGREE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE, AND A POST-CRASH FIRE DEVELOPED. NO EVIDENCE OF A PRE-EXISTING MECHANICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND. RADAR DATA REVEALED THE AIRSPEED HAD DECREASED FROM ABOUT 180 KNOTS TO ABOUT 78 KNOTS OVER 4 MINUTES. STALL SPEEDS FOR A 30-DEGREE BANK WERE ESTIMATED TO BE 88 KNOTS WITH FLAPS UP AND 80 KNOTS FLAPS DOWN.

## 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 NYC00FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00FA047), Dec 9, 1999: Beech 58TC (N581BC), Hasbrouck Hts., NJ, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: the failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed while maneuvering which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin.

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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