# Accident 20110105000179A: Beech 58P, Birmingham, AL, January 5, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 2011, 18:45 local time
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Airport: Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5692° N, 86.7333° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5692&lon=-86.7333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48TS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48TS-2011-05-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58P (registry code 1152744, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58P
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL TSIO
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11FA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11FA107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110105000179A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 5, 2011, ABOUT 1845 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A BEECH 58P, N48TS, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT CRASHED DURING APPROACH TO BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (BHM), BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91. NIGHTINSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS KILLED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM MORRISTOWN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (MMU), MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY, ABOUT 1345. ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL DATA FROM THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA), THE INTENDED DESTINATION FOR THE FLIGHT WAS SHELBY COUNTY AIRPORT (EET), ALABASTER, ALABAMA. UPON NEARING EET, AND OBTAINING THE LOCAL WEATHER AT THAT AIRPORT, THE PILOT ELECTED TO DIVERT TO BHM. THE AIRPLANE WAS IN RADAR AND RADIO CONTACT WITH BHM TERMINAL RADAR APPROACH CONTROL, AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE BHM CONTROL TOWER. THE PILOT WAS CLEARED FOR THE INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM (ILS) RUNWAY 24 APPROACH AT BHM, WHICH HE ACKNOWLEDGED. THE AIRPLANE INITIALLY INTERCEPTED THE LOCALIZER FOR THE APPROACH, BUT DID NOT INTERCEPT THE GLIDE SLOPE. THE AIRPLANE THEN PROCEEDED LEFT OF COURSE, ABOVE GLIDE SLOPE, FOLLOWED BY A CONTINUED LEFT DEVIATION AND DESCENT BELOW THE GLIDE SLOPE. THE TOWER CONTROLLER THEN PROVIDED HEADING AND ALTITUDE INSTRUCTIONS IN AN ATTEMPT TO GUIDE THE PILOT ONTO A MISSED APPROACH. THE PILOT ACKNOWLEDGED THE HEADING INSTRUCTION, BUT FAILED TO TURN TO THE ASSIGNED HEADING AND CLIMB TO THE ASSIGNED ALTITUDE. NO FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS WERE RECEIVED FROM THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE AND RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST. THE WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, RESTING NEAR A STREET.

## 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 ERA11FA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11FA107), Jan 6, 2011: Beech 58P (N48TS), Birmingham, AL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during an instrument approach due to spatial disorientation.

## Other reports on N48TS (1)

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

- [Incident 20080628839189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080628839189I), Jun 28, 2008: Beech 58P (N48TS), Fort Worth, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On June 28, 2008 at approximately 1530 CDT, a Beech BE-58P, N48TS, owned and operated by [privacy data omitted] unexpectedly experiencd a nose gear…

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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