# Accident 20070422005759A: Beech 58, Harris County, GA, April 22, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2007, 14:52 local time
- Place: Harris County, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7103° N, 84.9472° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7103&lon=-84.9472&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5647C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5647C-2007-09-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 1,113 total, 20 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL07FA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07FA077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070422005759A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WITNESS STATED HE OBSERVED AIRCRAFT HEADING NORTHWEST DESCENDING VERY FAST IN A 40 TO 60 DEGREE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE WITH VARIOUS PARTS SEPARATING FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ATL07FA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07FA077), Apr 22, 2007: Beech 58 (N5647C), Hamilton, GA, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's exceeding the design stress limits of the airplane while performing aerobatics in a nonaerobatic airplane, which resulted in an in-flight overload failure of the airframe. A factor in the…

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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