# Accident 20191031023279A: Raytheon Aircraft Company 58, Ocala, FL, October 31, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 2019, 11:00 local time
- Place: Ocala, FL
- Airport: Ocala International Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1417° N, 82.1942° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1417&lon=-82.1942&mi=10
- Aircraft: N959CM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N959CM-2020-05-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon 58 (registry code 7150003, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY 58
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20FA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191031023279A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 31 2019 APPROXIMATELY 11:15 EST LOCAL, TIME N959CM A BEECHCRAFT 58 BARON WITH PILOT/ AIRCRAFT OWNER AND MECHANIC TOOK OFF FROM OCALA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (OCF) ON RUNWAY18 FOR MAINTENANCE FLIGHT TO TROUBLE SHOOT FUEL FLOW INDICATIONS ERRATIC. APPROXIMATELY 11:30 EST LOCAL N959CM CRASHED TWO MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 18 OCF ON STATE ROAD 200 HIGHWAY IN THE CITY OCALA FLORIDA. HITTING ONE VEHICLE AND SLIDING THROUGH SIX LANES OF HIGHWAY COMING TO REST IN A FIELD ALONG THE HIGHWAY. POST-ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED BOTH PILOT AND MECHANIC ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT WHERE FATALLY INJURED AND POST-ACCIDENT FIRE WAS EXTENSIVE DESTROYING MUCH OF THE AIRCRAFT. GROUND SCARING PROP STRIKES INDICATE LEFT ENGINE WAS NOT RUNNING OR AT A LOW POWER AND RIGHT ENGINE WAS RUNNING NORMALLY. VIDEO OF THE ACTUAL CRASH SHOWS THAT THE AIRCRAFT MAY HAVE STALLED/SPUN INTO THE GROUND.  UNABLE TO DETERMINE DEFINITIVE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT DO THE CONDITION OF THE AIRCRAFT POST-ACCIDENT.

## 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 ERA20FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20FA022), Oct 31, 2019: Beech 58 (N959CM), Ocala, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane due to an acute medical event and/or his use of impairing medications.

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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