# Accident 20060222001629A: Beech 58P, Burlington, WA, February 22, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 2006, 18:55 local time
- Place: Burlington, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.5428° N, 122.4047° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5428&lon=-122.4047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N469MD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N469MD-2015-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58P (registry code 1152744, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58P
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA06FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06FA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060222001629A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N469MD, A BEECH BE 58P, REGISTERED TO H & W MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC., DEPARTED BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON AT ABOUT 1846 PST, WHILE ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN ENROUTE TO OGDEN, UTAH. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN HANDED OFF TO SEATTLE CENTER AND WAS GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS TO CLIMB TO 15,000 FEET MSL. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS THE PILOT STATED "MAYDAY. MAYDAY I'VE LOST AN ENGINE." ON SCENE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED SOFT MUDDY SOIL WITH THE ENGINES BEING BURIED SEVERAL FEET BENEATH THE GROUND. A WITNESS TO THE ACCIDENT, WHO LIVES WITHIN 1 MILE OF THE ACCIDENT SCENE, STATED THAT AT ABOUT 1855 PST HE HEARD A LOUD AIRCRAFT AND WENT OUTSIDE TO SEE WHAT HE COULD SEE. HE STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS MAKING "TIGHT CIRCLES" AT WHICH TIME HE CALLED 911. HE STATED THAT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS DARK HE SAW THE AIRCRAFTS LIGHTS. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE HEARD LOUD ENGINE NOISES. HE SAID THAT IT SOUNDED AS IF POWER WAS GOING "UP AND DOWN." HE SAID HE WAS TALKING TO 911 WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND.

## 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 SEA06FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06FA054), Feb 23, 2006: Beech 58P (N469MD), Bow, WA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the climb to cruise. Contributing factors included a loss of engine power to the right engine folowing a turbocharger failure, instrument…

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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