# Accident 20171207022789A: Beech 58, St Croix, VI, December 7, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 2017, 20:54 local time
- Place: St Croix, VI
- Airport: Henry E Rohlsen
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.3363° N, 64.8972° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.3363&lon=-64.8972&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4494A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4494A-2019-09-06) (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: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 725 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA18FA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18FA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171207022789A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 7, 2017, APPROXIMATELY AT 210 ATLANTIC STANDARD TIME; AN AIRCRAFT BEECH BARON MODEL BE58, REGISTRATION NUMBER N4494A, WHILE CLIMBING AFTER TAKING OFF FROM HENRY E. ROHLSEN AIRPORT (TISX) CHRISTIANSTED, ST. CROIX USVI, IN BOUND TO CYRIL E KING AIRPORT (TIST) CHARLOTTE AMALIE, ST THOMAS USVI, CRASHED AND WAS DESTROYED WHEN THE PILOT LOST CONTROL WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RETURN AND LAND AT ORIGIN AIRPORT. ACCORDING TO TISX ATC, SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT REPORTED ENGINE PROBLEMS AND WAS CLEARED TO RETURN TO RUNWAY 10, BUT ON FINAL APPROACH, THE AIRCRAFT PLUNGED AND IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 380 FEET FROM RUNWAY 10 THRESHOLD. THE PILOT AND FOUR PASSENGERS WERE FATALLY INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED IN THE AREA AT TIME OF DEPARTURE/LANDING AND THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE INTENDED TRIP. IT APPEARS THAT THIS FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91.

## 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 ERA18FA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18FA046), Dec 8, 2017: Beech 58 (N4494A), St. Croix, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: The non-multiengine rated pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during a single-engine approach. Contributing to the accident was a total loss of engine power on the left engine due to…

## Other reports on N4494A (2)

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

- [Accident 19800718027709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800718027709A), Jul 18, 1980: Beech 58 (N4494A), Kansas City, KS, Substantial damage. Inadvertently put gear up on takeoff roll. Landing gear horn inoperative.
- [Accident 19790228005929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790228005929A), Feb 28, 1979: Beech 58 (N4494A), Chesterfield, MO, Substantial damage. Pilot flew into the ground after passing the outer marker on an ILS approach. No equipment failure found.

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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