# NTSB ERA13WA290: Beech 58, Albenga, Italy, June 16, 2013

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: June 16, 2013, 09:50 local (09:50 UTC)
- Place: Albenga, Italy
- Coordinates: 44.236731, 7.9545960000000004 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2367&lon=7.9546&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-climb to cruise: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 87236
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA13WA290
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/87236/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=87236
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13WA290

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-climb to cruise: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: G-CIZZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Bonanza Flying Club
- Registered owner: Bonanza Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: LIMG, Albenga
- Destination: LFQB, Troyes-Barberey
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: LIMG, Aeroporto di Albegna

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 30.05 inHg
- Observed at: LIMG

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 1, 2013, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=87236. 29 KB in all.

- Foreign Accident Statement (item 1, .PDF, 29 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40396119&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Foreign%20Accident%20Statement-Master.PDF

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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