- Date
- December 21, 1979
- Place
- Taylorville, IL · TAYLORVILLE, IL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2058XBeech B58
- Status
- Completed · report July 14, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791221044059A
- Case key
- 132133
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3989 79/12/21 TAYLORVILLE,IL BEECH B58 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 642 TIME - 1740 N2058X PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MADISON,WI TAYLORVILLE,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- DISCONTINUED APCH TO SPRINGFIELD,RECD SPCL VFR CLRNC TO TAYLORVILLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2058X
- Reported as
- Beech B58
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2058XRegistration cancelled Oct 18, 1982 · Beech 58Airframe modelBeech 58Engine modelContinental IO-520-CB
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.