# Accident 20010721023289A: Beech F35, Bamberg, SC, July 21, 2001 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: July 21, 2001, 09:20 local time - Place: Bamberg, SC - Damage: No damage - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 33.3050° N, 81.1089° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3050&lon=-81.1089&mi=10 - Aircraft: N5058S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5058S-2014-10-14) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Beech F35 (registry code 1151514, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f35) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH F35 - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 1 - NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA01FA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01FA192) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010721023289A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-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. ## 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 MIA01FA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01FA192), Jul 21, 2001: Beech BE-35-F35 (N5058S), Bamberg, SC, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed, while attempting a forced landing following a loss of engine power for undetermined reasons, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin, and subsequent… ## Other reports on N5058S (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 19940707032019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940707032019I), Jul 7, 1994: Beech F35 (N5058S), Georgetown, DE, Minor damage. Right main landing gear retracted taxiing to ramp. Gear retract rod bent and corroded prevented overcenter lock. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.