# Accident 20220108000059A: Beech 58, Defiance, MO, January 8, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 2022, 19:19 local time
- Place: Defiance, MO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 2NEA
- Location: 38.6795° N, 90.8824° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6795&lon=-90.8824&mi=10
- Aircraft: N585CK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N585CK) (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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,274 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22FA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22FA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220108000059A

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (N585CK) DEPARTED KSUS AS A PART 91 POSITIONING FLIGHT ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN. IT LEVELED OFF AT 8000' ON A WESTERLY HEADING. SHORTLY AFTER LEVEL OFF IT BEGAN A LEFT DESCENDING TURN. THE CONTROLLER QUERIED ABOUT THE INCORRECT ALTITUDE AND DIRECTION OF FLIGHT. A RADIO TRANSMISSION WAS MADE BY THE MALE PILOT INDICATING SOME CONFUSION THAT WAS JUMBLED AND NO DISTRESS CALL OCCURRED. THE LAST ADSB DATA OCCURRED AT 4700' WHILE THE AIRPLANE WAS RAPIDLY DESCENDING. THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED A DESCENDING SPIRAL WITH INCREASING SPEED UNTIL IMPACT ON A WESTERLY HEADING WITH FORESTED TERRAIN. BROKEN TREE LIMBS INDICATED THE AIRPLANE WAS IN A STEEP DESCENT AT IMPACT AND THE DEBRIS PATH WAS APPROXIMATELY 320 YARDS LONG. BOTH PILOTS WERE FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 CEN22FA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22FA096), Jan 9, 2022: Beech 58 (N585CK), Defiance, MO, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of airplane control while flying in night instrument conditions due to spatial disorientation and the flight crew’s inability to recover from an unusual airplane attitude.

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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