# Accident 20210113000579A: Beech F33A, Columbia, SC, January 13, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 2021, 10:33 local time
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9837° N, 81.0030° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9837&lon=-81.0030&mi=10
- Aircraft: N266DC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N266DC-2022-11-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F33A (registry code 1151425, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F33A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA21LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210113000579A

## Narrative

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

AFTER A SHORT FLIGHT FROM UPSTATE SC AIRPORT GMU IN GREENVILLE, SC (GMU) INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PILOT ATTEMPTED APPROACH TO RUNWAY 13 AT COLUMBIA, SC DOWNTOWN AIRPORT, (CUB). AFTER DECLARING MISSED APPROACH ON CAE APPROACH FREQUENCY, GETTING AMMENDED MISSED APPROACH INSTRUCTIONS, AND ASKING FOR CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS AT CAE AIRPORT, RADIO AND RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST BETWEEN ATC AND N266DC. RADAR TRACK SHOWS HE INITIATED A LEFT TURN AT APPROX 600 FEET HEADING ROUGHLY NORTH FROM THE 130 HEADING. ON SITE INVESTIGATION REVEAL THAT ABOUT 4000 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 13 AT CUB, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TREES, THE CORNER OF A HOUSE, THEN THE GROUND AT HIGH SPEED ON A HEADING OF ABOUT 330 DEGREES. SUBSEQUENT FIRE CONSUMED MUCH OF THE AIRCRAFT AT MAIN LOCATION, BUT AIRCRAFT PARTS WERE FOUND SCATTERED IN SEVERAL YARDS. EYE WITNESS ACCOUNT STATED THE AIRCRAFT EMERGED FROM THE CLOUDS/FOG IN A WINGS LEVEL ATTITUDE, BUT ABRUPTLY TURNED HARD LEFT TO A WINGS VERTICAL ATTITUDE JUST PRIOR TO IMPACTING THE TREES, THEN THE HOUSE AND GROUND. WITNESS STATED THE AIRCRAFT THEN EXPODED, AND BURNED. AFTER MISSED APPROACH AIRMAN TURNED TO ATC ASSIGNED MISSED APPROACH HEADING BUT FAILED TO ASCEND RESULTING IN  IMPACT WITH TREES AND SUBSEQUENT 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 ERA21LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA101), Jan 13, 2021: Beech F33 (N266DC), Columbia, SC, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's in-flight loss of airplane control due to spatial disorientation during a missed approach in instrument meteorological conditions.

## Other reports on N266DC (1)

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

- [Accident 20090613025209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090613025209A), Jun 13, 2009: Beech F33A (N266DC), Rock Hill, SC, Substantial damage. During landing phase of flight: on rollout on runway 2, about 1400 feet past the numbers at taxiway g, the gear extension alarm activated and within 2-4…

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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