# Accident 20070726018129A: Beech B60, Brunswick, GA, July 26, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 2007, 19:00 local time
- Place: Brunswick, GA
- Airport: Brunswick Golden Isles
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5067° N, 81.3400° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5067&lon=-81.3400&mi=10
- Aircraft: N724RK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N724RK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B-60 (registry code 1153605, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b-60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-541 series (registry code 41536, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-541-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B60
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,580 total, 43 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07LA178) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070726018129A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FLL AT 17:27 AND WAS VECTORED WEST WITH STEP ASCENT TO FL270. ONCE AT FL270 THE PILOT REQUESTED A DIRECT ROUTE TO CRG. THE CONTROLLER REFUSED HIS REQUEST AND TOLD HIM TO DIVERT WEST OF ORL. AT 10 NM FROM ORL THE PILOT OBSERVED AN OPENING BETWEEN A LARGE CELL AND SMALLER CUMULONIMBUS BUILD (CB). HE THOUGHT THE FLIGHT PATH BETWEEN THE CELLS WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS FROM ATC. HE ELECTED TO FLY THROUGH THE GAP AND AS HE APPROACHED THE EDGE OF THE CELL THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A SEVERE DOWN DRAFT AND THE PILOT FELT HE WAS IN A DOWNWARD SPIRAL AT A NEAR VERTICAL DESCENT. HE REGAINED CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND NOTIFIED ATC THAT HE WAS CLIMBING THROUGH FL187. HE NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT HAD SUSTAINED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND ELECTED TO LAND AT BQK.

## 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 NYC07LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07LA178), Jul 26, 2007: Beech B60 (N724RK), Orlando, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper weather evaluation during cruise flight. Contributing to the accident was the air traffic controller's failure to issue in-flight weather avoidance assistance and the convective…

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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