# Accident 20000331009339A: Beech 58, Rocky Mount, NC, March 31, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 2000, 05:25 local time
- Place: Rocky Mount, NC
- Airport: Rocky Mount-Wilson
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EWCA
- Location: 35.9101° N, 77.7299° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9101&lon=-77.7299&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8230V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8230V-2013-08-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,943 total, 395 in this make and model, 133 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA125) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000331009339A

## Narrative

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

(-23) JUST BEFORE SUNRISE PILOT ATTEMPTED VFR APPROACH AND LANDING AT RWL. THE PILOT DESCENDED THE A/C INTO IMC-FOG WITHIN TWO MILES OF THE AIRPORT, STRIKING THE TOP OF AT LEAST ONE 50 FT PINE TREE LESS THAN ONE MILE FROM THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD. THE A/C CONTINUED STRAIGHT AHEAD ANOTHER 800 FEET AND STRUCK TWO POWER LINES LESS THAN 30 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, CUTTING BOTH LINES IN TWO AND SHEARING OFF THE OUTBOARD TWO FEET OF THE RIGHT WING TIP. THE A/C THEN IMPACTED THE GROUND SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET PAST THE POWER LINES ON ALL THREE LANDING GEAR SIMULTANEOUSLY, SHEARING OFF THE LANDING GEAR. THE REMAINING STRUCTURE CAME TO REST 1/2 MILE FROM THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD ALMOST COMPLETELY INTACT BUT SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. (.4)THE PILOT RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING AND WAS ADVISED EN ROUTE, DESTINATION AIRPORT WEATHER WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE PILOT CANCELLED THE IFR CLEARANCE AFTER SHE OBSERVED RUNWAY AND APPROACH LIGHTS AND ALSO BUILDINGS TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. SHE NOTED THAT THE FLIGHT WAS HIGH AND BEGAN TO DESCEND. WITH THE LOCALIZER FREQUENCY SET, SHE NOTED THE AIRCRAFT WAS LEFT OF COURSE. AFTER GLANCING AT THE LORAN TO CONFIRM DISTANCE, THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WI                                 TH TREES, POWER LINES THEN THE GROUND AND CAME TO REST ABOUT .4 NAUTICAL MILE FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY THAT IS EQUIPPED WITH A PAPI LIGHTS. THE PILOT REPORTED THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL OR NAVIGATIONAL MALFUNCTIONS. A SHERIFF DEPUTY ARRIVING 15 MINUTES AFTER THE ACCIDENT REPORTED IT WAS, 'EXTREMELY FOGGY WITH LOW VISIBILITY.' THE PILOT DID NOT HAVE TWO-WAY RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITH ANY PERSON ON THE GROUND AT THE AIRPORT AND THERE WAS NO REPORTED VISIBILITY AT THE AIRPORT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT CONTRARY TO PROCEDURES SPECIFIED IN THE OPERATOR'S OPERATIONS SPECIFICATIONS. THE UNCOMMISIONED ASOS ON THE FIELD REPORTED THE VISIBILITY AT 0453 AND 0553 TO BE 1/4 MILE WITH FOG AND A VERTICAL VISIBILITY OF 100 FEET.

## 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 MIA00LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA125), Mar 31, 2000: Beech 58 (N8230V), Rocky Mount, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent VFR flight into IMC conditions and the failure of the pilot to maintain altitude/clearance resulting in the in-flight collision with trees and unmarked power lines during a…

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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