- Date
- February 16, 1988, 19:28 local (Feb 17, 1988, 00:28 UTC)
- Place
- Dunedin, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N444MBBeech 58P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880216002549A
- Case key
- 32007
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Flt was being vectored for practice ILS approach in VFR conditions while the plt-in-command was receiving a biennial flt review. Radar data showed the acft constantly veering to the left off assigned heading and witnesses reported only hearing one engine running. The acft's speed slowed to approximately 87 knots as seen on radar as the acft was in a left bank. The acft's right wing dropped and the acft rolled upside down to the right and entered a spin crashing into the yard of a house. Witnesses heard the engines go to full power as the acft entered a spin.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N444MB
- Reported as
- Beech 58P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TJ-164
- Airframe hours
- 2,101
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-L, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Session, Gary T
- Registered owner
- Gary T Session
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 13, 1987 · 225 hours before
- Departed
- PIE · Clearwater, FL
- Airport
- PIE · St. Petersburg Clearwater, runway 17L, 7,990 × 150 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,010 total · 817 in this make and model · 875 as pilot in command · 88 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 290° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIE, 8 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.