- Date
- August 16, 1988, 07:35 local (11:35 UTC)
- Place
- Pageland, SC
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N21TPBeech 60
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880816033479A
- Case key
- 7619
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane was observed to approach the airport from the northwest. As it crossed the northeast end of the runway, it initiated a right turn to cross the runway about the midpoint to a position for a left downwind for landing on runway 5. Its altitude was estimated to be about 200-300 feet above the ground and the landing gear was down. The witness did not observe the airplane further. It collided with the ground about 0.4 miles from the threshold. The morning sun was about 10 degrees above the horizon and was about 33 degrees to the right of the runway centerline. It would have been in the pilot's face during his flight from the last departure point. The landing runway sloped upward from the landing threshold. The lower-than-normal traffic pattern, the sun's position in relation to the airplane flight path, and the runway slope could have caused the pilot to percieve his altitude as being higher than it actually was.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21TP
- Reported as
- Beech 60
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P-114
- Airframe hours
- 3,833
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-541-E1AC4, 380 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Rickey L. Newsom
- Registered owner
- Rickey L Newsom
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 22, 1987 · 132 hours before
- Departed
- Rock Hill, SC
- Airport
- 35J · Pageland, runway 5, 3,700 × 60 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,250 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 230° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLT, 40 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.