# Accident 20000415004449A: Beech 58, Palatka, FL, April 15, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2000, 01:03 local time
- Place: Palatka, FL
- Airport: Kay Larkin Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6404° N, 81.6500° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6404&lon=-81.6500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1072D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1072D-2015-05-13) (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: 1,800 total, 123 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL00FA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00FA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000415004449A

## Narrative

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

(.23) AT 0103/0503Z N1072D/BE-58 OWNER AND PILOT;^PRIVACY DAT^CRASHED AT THE PALATKA AIRPORT IN IFR WX CONDITIONS^PRIVACY D^DID NOT SURVIVE. THE AIRCRAFT BURNED AND WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED^PRIVACY D^WAS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  (-4)AT 0103, N1072D, COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN AND TREES DURING APPROACH TO LANDING ON RUNWAY 09, AT THE KAY LARKIN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, IN PALATKA, FLORIDA. THE AIRPLANE HAD DEPARTED PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, ABOUT 2300 THE PREVIOUS DAY, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, ON THE SECOND APPROACH THE AIRPLANE WAS OVER RUNWAY 09 MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST, WHEN THE WITNESS SAW THE AIRPLANE BREAK-OUT OF THE OVERCAST IN A 30 DEGREE BANK TO THE RIGHT AND A HIGH DESCENT RATE. THE WITNESS TOLD THE PILOT TO LEVEL HIS WINGS AND 'PULL UP, PULL UP'. HE HEARD THE ENGINES GO TO FULL POWER, AND SAW THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE RAISE UP BUT THE WINGS NEVER LEVELED, AND THE AIRPLANES DESCENT RATE NEVER CHANGED. HE SAID HE HEARD THE CRASH AND SAW A LARGE FIRE BALL. WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS BELOW INSTRUMENT APPROACH MINIMUMS AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. A TOXICOLOGY EXAMINATION OF THE PILOT FOUND HIGH LEVELS OF ALCOHOL IN FLUID SPECIMENS EXAMINED.

## 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 ATL00FA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00FA041), Apr 15, 2000: Beech BE-58 (N1072D), Palatka, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's physically impaired condition due to his high level of alcohol. Factors were the pilot's intentional VFR flight into IMC conditions and failure to perform a missed approach, which…

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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