- Date
- July 9, 1990, 11:35 local (15:35 UTC)
- Place
- St. Albans, VT
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N335TBeech BE-58
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900709024869A
- Case key
- 36681
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Probable cause
Flight into trees while recovering from an inadvertent spin after a pilot used incorrect procedures during a simulated engine failure below VMC and the instructor pilot delayed the corrective actions.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The Beech baron 58 was on a training flight. At 3000 ft MSL (2500 ft AGL) an engine failure below VMC was simulated. The pilot said he lowered the nose, banked toward the good engine and added full power to the good engine. The instructor pilot said the pilot added full power but did not lower the nose and he said he delayed 1 to 2 seconds on taking corrective action. The airplane entered a left spin and the instructor pilot took control. Recovery was accomplished as the airplane entered the tops of trees. The airplane impacted in a wooded area, in a nose down attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N335T
- Reported as
- Beech BE-58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TK146
- Airframe hours
- 5,674
- Engine
- Continental IO-520C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Valley Air Service
- Registered owner
- Valley Air Service Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 30, 1990 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- BTV · Burlington, VT
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,250 total · 1,475 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.