Beech BE 58 accident near New Berlin, IL
On October 30, 1997, a Beech BE 58 (airplane) was involved in an accident near New Berlin, IL. 6 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- October 30, 1997
- Place
- New Berlin, IL
- Aircraft
- Beech BE 58 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 6 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 39.720°N, 89.910°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001208X08959
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On October 30, 1997, at 1648 central daylight time (cst), a Beech BE-58 Baron, N472TL, piloted by a private pilot, was destroyed during a collision with the ground following a witness reported flat spin. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The 14 CFR Part 91 business flight was operating on an IFR flight plan. The pilot and 5 passengers were fatally injured. The flight departed Macomb, Illinois, about 1610 cdt. The pilot called the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Flight Service Station (FSS) at 1554 cdt on the accident date. He obtained a weather briefing for an IFR flight from Macomb, Illinois, to Sikeston, Missouri. At the end of the weather briefing the pilot filed an IFR flight plan with the FSS specialist. At 1610 cdt the pilot of N472TL called the FAA's Air Route Traffic Control Center controller (controller) advising the airplane was airborne and requesting his IFR clearance. The controller issued the IFR clearance and told the pilot to climb the airplane to 5,000-feet above mean sea level (msl). During the climb the pilot called the controller and asked if he could climb the airplane to 7,000-feet msl to get above the clouds. The pilot was given clearance to climb N472TL to and maintain 7,000-feet msl. The pilot reported N472TL was level at 7,000-feet msl at 1622 cdt and was told to contact Springfield, Illinois, Capitol Airport's FAA approach controller. N472TL's pilot acknowledged and contacted the controller shortly after receiving the directive. According to the FAA radar track data, N472TL's ground spe
Probable cause
A loss of engine power due to separation of the left engine's number 2 connecting rod as a result of fatigue failure. Also causal was the pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in a stall/spin. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's operation of the aircraft with known deficiencies and exceeding the maximum gross weight of the airplane.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
