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(-23) The aircraft was about 300 feet from the surface when the aircraft banked approximately 90 degrees to the left, attempting to return to the airport, stalled, and headed toward the ground. After impact, aircraft caught fire and was destroyed. The pilot airman log books not available to complete #31. Total hours of 1000 hours was taken off his last medical application. Submitting a safety recommendation. (.19) on July 21, 2001, about 0915 eastern daylight time, a Beech F35, N5058S, owned and operated by a private individual, operating as a title 14 CFR part 91 positioning flight impacted the ground and burned shortly after takeoff from the Bamberg county airport, Bamberg, south carolina. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. No flight plan was filed. The airplane was destroyed. The private-rated pilot received fatal injuries. The flight was originating at the time and was en route to beaufort, south carolina. On June 12, 2001, the pilot flew into Bamberg for an annual inspection and engine top overhaul at a maintenance facility at the airport. The pilot returned to pick up the airplane on the morning of July 21, 2001. According to per sonnel at the airport the pilot paid his bill, and within a short period of time, about 2 minutes, he started the airplane taxied to runway 5 and took off. Witnesses observed the airplane about 100 feet above the ground, and after clearing wires at the departure end of the runway, the witnesses heard the engine sputtering and cutting out. They then saw the airplane turn to the left with the left wing almost perpendicular to the ground, and then the nose went down, the airplane impacted into a cotton field and burst into flames. Personnel at the airport said the airplane sat in one place outside until the accident. A static engine run was performed on July 12, 2001, for 15 minutes, and then the airplane sat until the pilot started the engine on July 21, 2001. An STC (supplementary type certificate) was issued in 1995, for use of automobile gas.