# NTSB investigations: Beech 58, 1998

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 CHI99LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA045.md): Beech 58 · Ankeny, IA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 3, 1998 · N7278R · Substantial damage
  > the elevator control system jammed for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB MIA99LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA020.md): Beech BE-58 · Jackson, MS · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 19, 1998 · N31CE · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to ensure the landing gear was down resulting in a wheels up landing.
- [NTSB CHI98FA349](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98FA349.md): Beech 58 · Oakdale, WI · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 16, 1998 · N4574Q · Destroyed
  > The installation of the door seal inflation system by company personnel. An additional cause was the emergency procedures not followed by the pilot-in-command. A contributing factor was the trees.
- [NTSB MIA98WA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98WA194.md): Beech BE58 · Belize City, Belize · Accident · 4 fatal · Foreign investigation · Jul 8, 1998 · N9025V · Destroyed
- [NTSB FTW98FA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA192.md): Beech BE-58 · Kerrville, TX · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 26, 1998 · N60UU · Destroyed
  > The non-instrument rated pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control due to spatial disorientation. Factors were the dark night conditions, overcast skies, and the pilot's inadequate preflight planning.
- [NTSB IAD98FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98FA047.md): Beech 58 · Columbus, OH · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 24, 1998 · N258B · Destroyed
  > The pilot's inadequate planned approach and his failure to follow wake turbulence avoidance procedures by not staying above the glide-path of the preceding Boeing 757, which resulted in a vortex turbulence encounter. Contributing to the accident was the wake…
- [NTSB FTW98LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA148.md): Beech 58 · Taos, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 13, 1998 · N9239Q · Substantial damage
  > The total failure of the landing gear retraction/extension assembly for reasons undetermined.

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 1998
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1152740'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1152740&year=1998

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