# Accident 20040820024019A: Beech 58, Groveton, TX, August 20, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2004, 20:00 local time
- Place: Groveton, TX
- Airport: Groveton-Trinity County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.0944° N, 95.1628° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.0944&lon=-95.1628&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8140R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8140R-2013-05-13) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,940 total, 546 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW04CA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04CA218) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040820024019A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 20, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 2000 CDT, A BEECHCRAFT, N8140R, MODEL BE-58 WAS DESTROYED DURING LANDING ROLL OUT AT TRINITY COUNTY AIRPORT (33R), GROVETON, TX. THE AIRCRAFT AND PILOT WERE PROPERLY CERTIFICATED FOR THE VMC FLIGHT ORIGINATING FROM DRY CREEK AIRPORT (TS07), WITH THE INTENDED DESTINATION AT 33R, GROVETON, TX. THE PILOT STATED DURING LANDING ROLLOUT, 3 DEER CAME OUT OF A WOODED AREA AND STARTED CROSSING THE RUNWAY IN A LEFT TO RIGHT DIRECTION. AS THE PILOT MOVED TO THE RIGHT OF CENTER ON THE RUNWAY, THE ANIMALS CONTINUED TO THE RIGHT INTO HIS PATH. TO AVOID HITTING THE ANIMALS, HE APPLIED HEAVY LEFT RUDDER AND BRAKE. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO THE LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY COMING TO REST APPROXIMATELY 60 FEET OFF THE RUNWAY IN A SMALL RAVINE. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE PILOT STATED THAT WHEN HE AND A FAMILY MEMBER WALKED BACK TO THE AIRCRAFT THEY NOTICED A SMALL FIRE UNDER THE AIRCRAFT AND CONTACTED THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT. BY THE TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED, THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE.

## 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 FTW04CA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04CA218), Aug 20, 2004: Beech BE-58 (N8140R), Groveton, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's intentional ground loop to avoid colliding with deer that entered the runway during the landing roll. A contributing factor was the tall grass adjacent to the runway that prevented…

## Other reports on N8140R (2)

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

- [Incident 19981014035089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981014035089I), Oct 14, 1998: Beech 58 (N8140R), Des Moines, IA, Minor damage. Pilot make a normal landing at dsm international airport, but during landing roll out the nose gear collapsed. Two passengers were evacuated by the pilot with…
- [Incident 19930913036879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930913036879I), Sep 13, 1993: Beech 58 (N8140R), Centerville, IA, Minor damage. Smoke in cockpit. Returned. Landed safely. Found wiring in autopilot had burned and wires were melted.

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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