# NTSB MIA98WA194: Beech BE58, N9025V, Belize City, Belize, July 8, 1998

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 8, 1998, 17:43 local (23:43 UTC)
- Place: Belize City, Belize
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB case key (mKey): 38572
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA98WA194
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/38572/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98WA194

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9025V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9025V-2013-05-17), registration cancelled 2013-05-17, S/N TH-161, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech BE58
- Registry model: [Beech 58](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (registry code 1152740) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: William R. Fincher
- Departed: MZBZ, OF
- Destination: MSPO, SAN PEDRO, OF

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Not reported
- Wind: 90° at 16 knots
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 86 °F, dew point 77 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MZB

## 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 19980708016319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980708016319A), Jul 8, 1998: Beech 58, HO, No damage. (.19) See NTSB #MIA98WA194

## Other investigations on N9025V (2)

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.

- [NTSB DEN87LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA062), Mar 6, 1987: Beech 58 (N9025V), Bismarck, ND, substantial damage
- [NTSB DEN86LA255](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA255), Sep 19, 1986: Beech B58 (N9025V), Fargo, ND, substantial damage

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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