# Accident 20060203001019A: Beech 200BEECH, North Myrtle B, SC, February 3, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 2006, 20:45 local time
- Place: North Myrtle B, SC
- Airport: Grand Strand
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8167° N, 78.7289° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8167&lon=-78.7289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N266EB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N266EB-2007-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 200 (registry code 1152920, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-6 series (registry code 52150, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-6-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200BEECH
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A42
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 6
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL06FA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06FA044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060203001019A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 3, 2006, AT 2045 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A BEECH BE-200-200, N266EB, REGISTERED TO WEEKEND AIR CHARTER SERVICES INC., AND OPERATED BY THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT, COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND DURING FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 23, AT THE GRAND STRAND AIRPORT IN NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14, CFR PART 91, AND VISUAL FLIGHT RULES. NIGHT VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT AND FIVE PASSENGERS RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES AND THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING THE IMPACT AND SUBSEQUENT POST-IMPACT FIRE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM TRENTON, NEW JERSEY ON FEBRUARY 3, 2006, AT 1900.

## 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 ATL06FA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06FA044), Feb 4, 2006: Beech 200 (N266EB), N Myrtle Beach, SC, destroyed, 6 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control during landing approach for undetermined reasons.

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.