# NTSB investigations: Beech 58: In flight encounter with weather NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports. ## Latest cases - [NTSB FTW99FA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99FA044.md): Beech 58 · Newcastle, OK · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 6, 1998 · N1826S · Destroyed > the pilot's loss of control due to his inadvertent encounter with severe turbulence and wind shear during an instrument approach. Factors contributing to the accident were the severe turbulence and the wind shear. - [NTSB FTW96FA267](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96FA267.md): Beech 58 · Castle Rock, CO · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 21, 1996 · N94ZR · Destroyed > failure of the pilot to maintain sufficient altitude and/or clearance from terrain, while reversing course to exit adverse weather conditions. Factors relating to the accident were: the adverse weather conditions (thunderstorm, low ceiling and reduced… - [NTSB FTW96FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96FA100.md): Beech 58 · Atkins, AR · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 21, 1996 · N3010W · Destroyed > Continued flight by the pilot into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), and his failure to maintain sufficient altitude above mountainous/hilly terrain. Factors relating to the accident were: low ceiling, fog, and high terrain in the area of the… - [NTSB SEA92FA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA92FA154.md): Beech 58 · Pierce, ID · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 8, 1992 · N23LB · Destroyed > Inflight loss of control when aircraft control was not maintained. Factors to the accident were: flight into known adverse weather and thunderstorm activity. - [NTSB NYC91FA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91FA073.md): Beech BE-58 · Skaneateles, NY · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 7, 1991 · N80JB · Destroyed > The pilot's loss of situational awareness/disorientation due to the influences of cocaine, which resulted in the loss of airplane control in instrument meteorological conditions. Factors related to the accident were: psychological impairment, fatigue and… - [NTSB MKC89FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89FA061.md): Beech 58 · Hamburg, AR · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 17, 1989 · N348U · Destroyed > The pilot continued VFR flight into IMC conditions and failed to maintain sufficient altitude above the wooded terrain. Weather conditions, low light conditions at or near dusk, lack of visual cues (visual perception) by the pilot, and trees were contributing… - [NTSB FTW84FA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84FA104.md): Beech 58 · Marquez, NM · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 27, 1983 · N9121S · Destroyed > The acft was flown at altitudes up to 15000 ft in areas of forecast icing. The acft was not equipped with oxygen. The acft was flown above 14000 ft for about 20 minutes after which it descended into icing conditions. Shortly thereafter, the acft made a climb… - [NTSB NYC83FA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA253.md): Beech 58 · Arkville, NY · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 21, 1983 · N6657R · Destroyed > Prior to taking off, the plt advised company personnel that he planned to fly vfr-on-top at 8500 ft MSL. He planned to depart at 1400 EDT, but did not specify his route of flt. When the acft did not arrive, a search was initiated, it was found where it had… - [NTSB FTW82FA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FA103.md): Beech 58 · Magdalena, NM · Accident · 6 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 26, 1982 · N36969 · Destroyed > The plt was advised of the icing conditions to be expected three different times during his wx briefing. At 1524 while enroute at 14,000 ft, the plt was advised of a PIREP of light to moderate icing between 14,O00 & 22,000 ft. the plt replied that was about… - [NTSB LAX82FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FA048.md): Beech 58 · Cherry Valley, CA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 20, 1982 · N9395Q · Destroyed > At 0702 the plt received a weather briefing for a VFR flight to fresno. The area forecast contained flight precautions for obscured mountains & IMC in the sierra nevadas, and occassional moderate icing below 15,000 ft. the flight departed at 0728. The… ## The whole list in SQL Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS: ```sql SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1 WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1152740') AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 240)) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1152740&occurrence=240 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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