# Accident 20020809020439A: Beech 58, Ft Lauderdale, FL, August 9, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2002, 12:40 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: XVQA
- Location: 26.1972° N, 80.1706° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1972&lon=-80.1706&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8180R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8180R-2017-06-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA02LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02LA146) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020809020439A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON AUGUST 9, 2002, ABOUT 1240 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A BEECH 58, N8180R, OPERATED BY EXECSTAR AVIATION AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 POSITIONING FLIGHT, IMPACTED WITH THE GROUND AT THE FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT RATED-PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED FROM THE WALKER'S CAY, BAHAMAS, ABOUT 1520. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE AIRPLANE WAS APPROACHING TO LAND AND ABOUT 100 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND THE AIRPLANE ENTERED A RIGHT BANK, THEN THE LEFT WING SUDDENLY "DROPPED" AND THE AIRPLANE DESCENDED AND IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 3,000 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY 08 APPROACH END AND 300 FEET TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. IT HAD INCURRED A DISLOCATED LEFT ENGINE, A DAMAGED LEFT WING, AND A BUCKLED FUSELAGE AS WELL AS A CRUSHED NOSE SECTION. (-23) THE BEECHCRAFT BE-58 AIRCRAFT N8180R IMPACTED THE GROUND AT THE FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (FXE). WITNESSES STATE THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS A                                                               PPROACHING TO LAND AND AT ABOUT 100 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND THE AIRPLANE ENTERED A LEFT BANK AND THE LEFT WING SUDDENLY "DROPPED" AND THE AIRPLANE DESCENDED AND IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A GO-AROUND FIGHT CONDITION FROM RUNWAY 8 TO RUNWAY 13 AND WAS IN A LEFT TURN JUST BEFORE IMPACT.

## 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 MIA02LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02LA146), Aug 9, 2002: Beech 58 (N8180R), Fort Lauderdale, FL, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot's abrupt pull up and his failure to maintain airspeed during a go-around, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin and impact with the terrain during the resultant uncontrolled descent.

## Other reports on N8180R (1)

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

- [Incident 19801124080189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801124080189I), Nov 24, 1980: Beech 58 (N8180R), Apex, NC, Minor damage. Pilot attempted landing on 1900 foot wet sod strip. Unable to stop. Turned sideways, gear collapsed.

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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