# Accident 20060718023329A: Beech 58P, Jeanerette, LA, July 18, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2006, 21:30 local time
- Place: Jeanerette, LA
- Airport: Le Maire Memorial Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9028° N, 91.6567° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9028&lon=-91.6567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N158LW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N158LW-2018-01-10) (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 TSIO520WB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 21,100 total, 100 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW06FA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06FA186) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060718023329A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM CORPUS CHRISTI, TX TO JEANERETTE, LA (2R1). AIRCRAFT WAS INITIALLY TALKING TO LFT APPROACH CONTROL DURING HIS APPROACH INTO JEANERETTE, BUT CANCELLED IFR AND MADE A VISUAL APPROACH TO THE FIELD. AT THE TIME OF THE APPROACH, IT WAS RAINING AT THE FIELD AND ACCORDING TO ONE EYE-WITNESS IT WAS RAINING HEAVILY. AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY OBSERVED BY THIS WITNESS ON THE RUNWAY, IN THE RAIN, WITH LANDING LIGHTS ON AND WAS OBSERVED TO TAKE OFF AGAIN. ON SITE INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT DURING HIS TAKE OFF AND CLIMB, THE AIRCRAFT FIRST STRUCK A PORTION OF THE FIVE FOOT HIGH AIRFIELD PERIMETER FENCE THEN, IN SEQUENTIAL ORDER, A SECTION OF THE ROOF OF A SINGLE STORY BUILDING, A UTILITY POLE BEHIND THAT BUILDING THEN STRIKING THE UPPER PORTION OF TWO MEDIUM TREES, A LARGE TREE, A SECTION OF ROOF OF ANOTHER SINGLE STORY FAMILY HOME, MULTIPLE POWER LINES IN FRONT OF THAT HOME, A PALM TREE AND FINALLY CRASHED INVERTED INTO A MOBILE HOME ACROSS THE STREET WITH THE PILOT AND PASSENGER SUSTAINING FATAL INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT AND MOBILE HOME WERE ENGULFED IN FLAMES AND THE MALE OCCUPANT OF THE MOBILE HOME, WHILE BEING PULLED FROM THE BURNING HOME, SUBSEQUENTLY COLLAPSED AND WAS NOT ABLE TO BE REVIVED.

## 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 DFW06FA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06FA186), Jul 18, 2006: Beech BE58P (N158LW), Jeanerette, LA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued flight into adverse weather condition and his delayed attempt to abort the landing. A contributing factor was the prevailing thunderstorm.

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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