Beech F33 accident near Columbia, SC
On January 13, 2021, a Beech F33 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Columbia, SC. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- January 13, 2021
- Place
- Columbia, SC
- Aircraft
- Beech F33 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.984°N, 81.003°W
- NTSB ID
- 20210113102522
Official records · ERA21LA101
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- ATC - Group Chair's Factual Report: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- ATC - Attachment 2 - ATC Partial Audio Transcript: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- ATC - Attachment 3 - Radar Data: Document (PPB), on ntsb.gov
- ATC - Attachment 4 - Ads-B Data: Document (XLSX), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn January 13, 2021, about 1033 eastern standard time, a Beech F33A, N266DC, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Columbia, South Carolina. The private pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. Radar and air traffic control voice communication data provided by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) indicated that the airplane departed runway 19 at Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU), Greenville, South Carolina, about 0959 under visual flight rules and that the pilot was cleared to climb the airplane to 5,500 ft mean sea level (msl). About 1006, while the airplane was airborne, the pilot requested an instrument flight rules clearance and continued southeast toward Jim Hamilton – L B Owens Airport (CUB), Columbia, South Carolina. The controller provided the clearance, and the pilot descended the airplane to 5,000 ft. Soon afterward, the pilot requested clearance to descend to 3,000 ft, which the controller provided. About 1015, the controller asked the pilot to advise the receipt of weather information for CUB and advise the type of approach to the airport. The pilot requested the area navigation (RNAV) runway 13 approach and asked the controller to provide a pilot report (PIREP) and the weather minimums for CUB (the pilot did not state that he had received the current weather conditions at CUB, nor did the controller provide that weather information to him). The controller stated that a PIREP was received about 45 minutes earlier (about 0930) and that the pilot w
Probable cause
The pilot's in-flight loss of airplane control due to spatial disorientation during a missed approach in instrument meteorological conditions.
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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.
