# Accident 20070317004049A: Beech 58P, Marietta, OK, March 17, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 2007, 14:10 local time
- Place: Marietta, OK
- Airport: Mcgehee Catfish Restaurant
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9000° N, 97.1689° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9000&lon=-97.1689&mi=10
- Aircraft: N584DP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N584DP-2014-10-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58P (registry code 1152744, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,063 total, 60 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07FA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07FA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070317004049A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1410 ON MARCH 17, 2007 N584DP WAS DESTROYED WHILE MAKING A LANDING AT THE MCGEHEE CATFISH RESTAURANT NEAR MARIETTA, OK. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SHORT AND VERY HARD. THE RIGHT STRUT FRACTURED AND WAS RIPPED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE RIGHT PROP TOUCHED THE GROUND AND THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO PULL THE RIGHT WING BACK UP. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED SOUTH ON THE RUNWAY AND EASED OVER ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THE AIRCRAFT ROTATED TO THE RIGHT AND WENT OVER A DEEP EMBANKMENT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO ROTATE AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET FROM INITIAL IMPACT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS POINTING TO THE EAST WITH THE NOSE POINTING UP THE EMBANKMENT. THE AIRCRAFT BURST INTO FLAMES. PILOT AND FRONT SEAT PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. LEFT REAR SEAT PASSENGER TRIED TO GET RIGHT REAR SEAT PASSENGER OUT OF AIRCRAFT BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET ANY RESPONSE FROM HIM. PASSENGER EXITED THE AFT DOOR. PILOT AND AFT PASSENGER TRIED REPEATEDLY TO EXTRICATE THE REMAINING PASSENGER, BUT WERE UNABLE.

## 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 DFW07FA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07FA084), Mar 17, 2007: Beech 58P (N584DP), Marietta, OK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare. A contributing factor was the premature touchdown in an area of rising terrain.

## Other reports on N584DP (1)

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

- [Incident 19951012037449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951012037449I), Oct 12, 1995: Beech 58P (N584DP), Shawnee, OK. Narrative: on October 12, 1995, a Beech 55, piloted by mark jernigan, departed wiley post airport. About ten miles from Shawnee, pilot reported engine out,…

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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