# Accident 20021206036179A: Beech 58, Ft Myers, FL, December 6, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 2002, 15:41 local time
- Place: Ft Myers, FL
- Airport: Page Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.5561° N, 81.8258° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5561&lon=-81.8258&mi=10
- Aircraft: N241JG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N241JG-2004-09-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon 58 (registry code 7150003, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT IO550C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 916 total, 187 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA03FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03FA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021206036179A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 06, 2002, AT 15:39 EDT, A RATHEON MODEL 58 BARON, N241JG, REGISTERED TO KC SERVICES, INC. BEING FLOWN BY THE OWNER LAURENCE G. CASEY ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT, CRASHED INTO TWO HOMES IN THE CROSS CREEK SUBDIVISION IN FT. MEYERS, FL. IT HAD JUST MISSED THREE INSTRUMENT APPROACHES TO RUNWAY 05 AT FMY AND WAS ON A ATC DIRECTED RIGHT HAND CLIMBING DEPARTURE TO 1,500 FEET, AFTER THE THIRD MISSED APPROACH. THE AIRCRAFT REACHED 1,000 FEET AND THEN WENT OFF RADAR. IMC METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. IFR FLIGHT PLANS WERE FILED BY THE PIC ON 12/06/2002, PRIOR TO THE ORIGINAL DEPARTURE AT STJ FOR A FLIGHT TO OA8, AND THEN AGAIN PRIOR TO THE DEPARTURE AT OA8 FOR THE INTENDED DESTINATION OF APF. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY THE IMPACT AND THE CERTIFICATED MULTIENGINE, INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PILOT (CERTIFICATE #510302818), ALONG WITH HIS WIFE AND PET DOG WERE FATALITIES. THERE WERE NO GROUND INJURIES OR FATALITIES AND NO POST CRASH FIRE. TWO HOMES INVOLVED WITH THE IMPACT SEQUENCE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. (-23 AMENDMENT) ON DECEMBER 06, 2002, AT 15:41 EDT, A RATHEON MODEL 58 BARON, N241JG, REGISTERED TO KC SERVICES, INC. BEING FLOWN BY THE OWNER LAURENC     E G. CASEY ON A PERSONAL PART 91 FLIGHT, CRASHED INTO TWO HOMES IN THE CROSS CREEK SUBDIVISION IN FT. MEYERS, FL. IT HAD JUST MISSED THREE INSTRUMENT APPROACHES TO RUNWAY 05 AT FMY AND WAS ON A ATC DIRECTED RIGHT HAND CLIMBING DEPARTURE TO 1,500 FEET, AFTER THE THIRD MISSED APPROACH. THE AIRCRAFT REACHED 1,000 FEET AND THEN WENT OFF RADAR. IMC METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE LAST RADIO CONTACT WAS AT 15:40:16. IFR FLIGHT PLANS WERE FILED BY THE PIC ON 12/06/2002, PRIOR TO THE ORIGINAL DEPARTURE AT STJ FOR A FLIGHT TO OA8, AND THEN AGAIN AFTER DEPARTURE AT OA8 FOR THE INTENDED DESTINATION OF APF. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY THE IMPACT AND THE CERTIFICATED MULTIENGINE, INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PILOT (CERTIFICATE #510302818), ALONG WITH HIS WIFE AND PET DOG WERE FATALITIES. THERE WERE NO GROUND INJURIES OR FATALITIES AND NO POST CRASH FIRE. TWO HOMES INVOLVED WITH THE IMPACT SEQUENCE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 MIA03FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03FA025), Dec 6, 2002: Raytheon 58 (N241JG), Fort Myers, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's spatial disorientation during instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in his failure to maintain aircraft control. Contributing factors included the pilot's distraction to…

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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