# Accident 20120124000469A: Beech 58, Green Pond, SC, January 24, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 2012, 17:15 local time
- Place: Green Pond, SC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6589° N, 80.4258° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6589&lon=-80.4258&mi=10
- Aircraft: N358CC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N358CC-2014-04-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: N/A UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 20,100 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA156) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120124000469A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED AT A PRIVATE AIRPORT CALLED PON PON AND THE LOCATION IS AT GREEN POND, SC AT BEAR ISLAND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA, THE NEAREST STREET ADDRESS IS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE COORDINATES AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE ARE N 32'39.681 AND W080'25.459 AND THE ELEVATION IS 6 FT. ALSO 28 NAUTICAL MILES FROM CHS VOR ON THE 235 DEGREE RADIAL AND 17 NM NE FROM BEAUFORT COUNTY AIRPORT, SC (KARW).  THE WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS AS REPORTED AT THE KNBC AWOS AT 16:56 WAS WIND SE AT 5 MPH, 10 MILES ON THE VISIBILITY AND ALTIMETER 30.14 AND SKY CLEAR.  THE RUNWAY IS 3000 FT. X 50 FT. WITH CLEARINGS AT BOTH ENDS; AIRPORT IS ALSO EQUIPPED WITH A WINDSOCK. THE RUNWAY DIRECTION IS 23 AND 05; THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 23. PILOT STATED THAT AS HE WAS LANDING AT 1715 LOCAL TIME THE SUN BLINDED HIM AND HE VEERED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND WENT INTO THE DITCH.

## 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 ERA12CA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA156), Jan 24, 2012: Beech 58 (N358CC), Walterboro, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion. Contributing to the accident was the sunglare.

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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