# NTSB CEN25LA094: Beech 58P, N138TL, Pine Bluff, AR, February 6, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: February 5, 2025, 18:48 local (Feb 6, 2025, 00:48 UTC)
- Place: Pine Bluff, AR
- Coordinates: 34.172512, -91.935369 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1725&lon=-91.9354&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA-FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 199681
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN25LA094
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/199681/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA094

## Preliminary report

On February 5, 2025, about 1848 central standard time, a Beech 58P airplane, N138TL, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Pine Bluff, Arkansas. The pilot sustained minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 business flight. According to the pilot, the airplane lost partial power to possibly both engines during an instrument approach. He stated that he placed all engine controls full forward, but the engines were still not producing full power. He chose to perform an off field landing due insufficient performance to make the runway. During the off-field landing, the airplane impacted wooded terrain and came to rest upright which resulted in substantial damage to both wings, fuselage, and empennage. The airplane was retained for further examination.

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech 58P, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=1152744), [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N138TL](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N138TL), registered now, S/N TJ-362, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58P
- Registry model: [Beech 58P](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58p) (registry code 1152744) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TJ-362
- Year built: 1981
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Harvest International Ministries Inc
- Registered owner: Harvest International Ministries Inc
- Departed: KEQY, Monroe, NC
- Destination: KPBF, Pine Bluff, AR
- Flight plan: IFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Dusk
- Wind: 50° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 300 ft overcast
- Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 30.19 inHg
- Observed at: KPBF
- METAR: KPBF 050036Z AUTO 05007KT 2SM BR OVC003 11/09 A3019 RMK AO2 T01060094=

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20250205003259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250205003259A), Feb 5, 2025: Beech 58P, Pine Bluff, AR, Substantial damage. On February 5, 2025, at approximately 18:48 central standard time, a Beech 58P baron aircraft, [privacy data omitted], sustained substantial damage after it…

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.

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