# Accident 20050204002439A: Beech 58, Niles, MI, February 4, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 2005, 09:20 local time
- Place: Niles, MI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9386° N, 86.2239° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9386&lon=-86.2239&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12AZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12AZ-2008-03-03) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520C
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 11,406 total, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05FA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05FA063) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050204002439A

## Narrative

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

(-23) BEECH BARON WITH FOUR SOULS ON BOARD, DEPARTED SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN IFR ENROUTE TO LEBANON, OHIO. FIVE MILES NORTH OF NILES, MICHIGAN WHILE LEVEL AT 7,000 FEET THE AIRCRAFT MADE A STEEP DESCENT AND IMPACTED A TREE THEN THE TERRAIN. COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN ATC AND THE PILOT WERE NORMAL SIXTY SECONDS BEFORE THE DESCENT. DURING THE LAST TEN MINUTES OF FLIGHT THE RADAR REPORTED AN OSCILLATING AIRSPEED OF TWENTY FOUR KNOTS. THE RIGHT ELEVATOR TRIM TAB ACTUATOR WAS FOUND BEYOND THE UP STOP LIMIT.

## 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 CHI05FA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05FA063), Feb 4, 2005: Beech BE-58 (N12AZ), Niles, MI, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The steep nose down descent from cruise for undetermined reasons and the subsequent collision with terrain in a steep nose down attitude.

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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