Beech 58 accident near Defiance, MO
On January 9, 2022, a Beech 58 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Defiance, MO. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- January 9, 2022
- Place
- Defiance, MO
- Aircraft
- Beech 58 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 38.679°N, 90.882°W
- NTSB ID
- 20220109104504
Official records · CEN22FA096
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- FAA Air Traffic Control Accident Report - Excerpt: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- Operational Factors - Attachment 2 - FAA Principal Operations Inspector Transcript: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn January 8, 2022, about 1919 central standard time, a Beech B58 airplane, N585CK, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Defiance, Missouri. The two commercial pilots sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 positioning flight. About 1859, the accident flight contacted the air traffic control (ATC) ground controller at Spirit of St. Louis Airport (SUS), Chesterfield, Missouri, and received an instrument flight rules (IFR) clearance to Centennial Airport (APA), Denver, Colorado. About 1901, the ATC ground controller issued taxi instructions to runway 26L and about 1908, the flight received takeoff clearance and was instructed to turn right after takeoff to a heading of 310°. According to automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data, the airplane departed SUS at 1910. After leveling off at 8,000 ft mean sea level (msl) while on a westerly heading, the airplane made a gradual left turn toward the southeast. The airplane continued turning left and descended rapidly. The controller queried about the airplane’s incorrect altitude and direction of flight. A jumbled radio transmission was made by the copilot and no distress call was received. During the final 10 seconds of captured ADS-B data, the airplane descended from 7,500 to 4,700 ft msl. The airplane impacted forested terrain about 0.40-mile northwest of the last recorded ADS-B data (see figure 1). Two surveillance systems located less than 1 mile from the accident site recorded audio of an airplane with engine noise inc
Probable cause
The pilot’s loss of airplane control while flying in night instrument conditions due to spatial disorientation and the flight crew’s inability to recover from an unusual airplane attitude.
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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.
