# Accident 20000717005459A: Beech 58P, Arkabutla Lake, TN, July 17, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2000, 12:06 local time
- Place: Arkabutla Lake, TN
- Airport: Hernando
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BSYA
- Location: 34.7478° N, 90.0811° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7478&lon=-90.0811&mi=10
- Aircraft: N158MT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N158MT-2004-03-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58P (registry code 1152744, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58P
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00FA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00FA221) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000717005459A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STAR CHECK FLIGHT USC484, A BE-58 ARICRAFT N158MT DEPARTED MEMPHIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MEM) AT APPROXIMATELY 1654UTC (1154 LOCAL) ON AN IFR CARGO FLIGHT TO HOUSTON, TX. (HOU) APPROXIMATELY 7 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT THE PILOT RADIOED MEMPHIS THAT HE WAS HAVING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, THEN STATED HE HAD AN ELECTRICAL FIRE AND WAS SHUTTING OFF THE MASTER SWITCH. THE AIRCRAFT WAS GIVEN VECTORS (020) TO HERNANDO AIRPORT (H75). THE PILOT REPORTED WE ARE OVER ARKABUTLA LAKE 15 SW OF MEMPHIS AND DESCENDING RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST IN THE AREA OF ARKABUTLA LAKE. SEARCH AND RESCUE RESPONDED AND FOUND THE PILOT DECEASED. INVESTIGATIONN ONGOING TO DETERMINE PROBABLE CAUSE. NTSB, RAYTHEON, FAA ON SCENE.

## 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 MIA00FA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00FA221), Jul 17, 2000: Beech 58 (N158MT), Hernando, MS, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The arcing of an electrical wire behind the instrument panel and the associated cracking of fuel and oil lines. Also causal was the pilot's inappropriate remedial action not in accordance with the…

## Other reports on N158MT (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19980817042109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980817042109I), Aug 17, 1998: Beech 58P (N158MT), Fort Wayne, IN, Minor damage. (-5)During landing rollout on runway 32 at Fort Wayne, international airport (fwa), pilot reported that he reached down and retracted the gear. He reported…

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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