Beech 58 accident near Saltsburg, PA
On August 7, 2010, a Beech 58 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Saltsburg, PA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- August 7, 2010
- Place
- Saltsburg, PA
- Aircraft
- Beech 58 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 40.484°N, 79.518°W
- NTSB ID
- 20100807X23643
Official records · ERA10FA404
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Transcript of Radio Communications: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 7, 2010, about 0920 eastern daylight time, a Beech 58, N28MR, descended into a house near Saltsburg, Pennsylvania. The certificated commercial pilot and certified flight instructor (CFI) were killed. The airplane sustained substantial damage and the occupied house was destroyed, while an occupant of the house was not injured. The airplane was registered to Sataire LLC, and operated by the pilot under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 as an instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The flight originated from Arnold Palmer Regional Airport (LBE), about 0908. According to a transcription of communications with the LBE Air Traffic Control Tower, and a certified copy of the voice tape, an occupant of the airplane contacted ground control which was combined with the local control position and requested taxi clearance from the east ramp to runway 23, with a departure to the northwest for "…some airwork." The flight was cleared to taxi to runway 23, and review of the voice tape revealed the same occupant contacted local control and advised the controller that the flight was ready to depart. The local controller cleared the flight for takeoff from runway 23 with a right turn approved. That transmission was acknowledged by the occupant; there was no further recorded communications from the accident flight. One witness who was outside reported hearing sputtering sounds from an engine, then observed the airplane flying in level flight in a westerly direction. She th
Probable cause
The pilot’s loss of control of the airplane during low-airspeed airwork and his failure to promptly recover the airplane from the aerodynamic stall, which resulted in a spin. Contributing to the accident were the pilot and certified flight instructor’s intentional operation of the airplane for the purpose of performing instructional airwork with only a throw-over control yoke installed and the pil
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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.
