# Accident 20110330020229A: Beech 58, High Point, NC, March 30, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 2011, 17:46 local time
- Place: High Point, NC
- Airport: Piedmont Triad International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 36.0783° N, 79.9906° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0783&lon=-79.9906&mi=10
- Aircraft: N569JL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N569JL-2013-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 2,884 total, 117 in this make and model, 91 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11FA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11FA219) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110330020229A

## Narrative

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

DURING ILS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 05L KPTI AIRPORT (GSO), ATC ISSUED A LOW ALTITUDE ALERT TO THE PILOT OF JLG569 (N569JL). THE PILOT REPORTED INITIATING A MISSED APPROACH AND WAS ISSUED A HEADING AND CLIMB INSTRUCTIONS. THE AIRCRAFT INITIALLY BEGAN A CLIMB WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY A DESCENT THAT WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED CONIFER AND HARDWOOD TREES, STRUCK THE GROUND AND BOUNCED INTO A RESIDENCE. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE OCCUPANTS OF THE RESIDENCE ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURY. AMENDED 08/06/2012:  AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, THE PIC WAS NOT QUALIFIED TO CONDUCT IFR OPERATIONS IN THE BE-58.

## 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 ERA11FA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11FA219), Mar 30, 2011: Beech 58 (N569JL), Greensboro, NC, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s spatial disorientation due to a somatogravic illusion while conducting a missed approach in instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in the airplane’s descent into objects and…

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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