- Date
- February 28, 1979
- Place
- Chesterfield, MO · CHESTERFIELD, MO
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4494ABeech 58
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790228005929A
- Case key
- 137486
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0542 79/2/28 CHESTERFIELD,MO BEECH 58 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1904 N4494A PX- 0 3 0 CORP/EXEC AGE 57, 3794 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1715 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPT OF ST LOUIS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CINCINNATI,OH CHESTERFIELD,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS FOG CALM TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4494A
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Spt Of St Louis
N4494ARegistration cancelled Sep 6, 2019 · Beech 58Airframe modelBeech 58Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4494A · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ERA18FA046Accident · 5 fatalField investigationFinal reportSt. CroixThe non-multiengine rated pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during a single-engine approach. Contributing to the accident was a total loss of engine power on the left engine due to detonation for reasons that could not be determined based on the…NTSB MKC80FCG34Accident · No injuriesClosedKansas City, KS