Beechcraft BE-58 N10VS

Summary

On 3 January 1982 at about 10:00 local time, a Beechcraft BE-58 registered N10VS, operated by Alfred B. VON Schlegell, was involved in an accident near Pinehurst, North Carolina, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

3 January 1982 at 10:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Pinehurst, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Moore County (SOP)

Coordinates

35.1791, -79.4595

Aircraft

Beechcraft BE-58

Registration

N10VS

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Alfred B. VON Schlegell

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Atlanta → Southern Pines

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ATL82FA033

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FULTON COUNTY AIRPORT AT 0306 EST AND CLIMBED TO 13000 FEET MSL. THE FLIGHT WAS ROUTINE UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 0422 WHEN THE PILOT OF THE UNPRESSURIZED BEECH 58 REQUESTED AND WAS GIVEN A LOWER ALTITUDE. DURING THE NEXT 35 MINUTES THE AIRCRAFT TURNED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION AT LEAST 3 TIMES, COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE, AND GENERALLY HAD TROUBLE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS. THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TREES IN A 30-45 DEGREE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE.THE RESULTS OF THE TOXICOLOGICAL EXAMINATION REVEALED A BLOOD ETHANOL CONCENTRATION OF 200 MG%. A FLIGHT CHECK OF THE SAND HILLS VOR ON 1/4/82 REVEALED THAT THE VOR-A APPROACH WAS OUT OF TOLERANCE STRUCTURE AND A NOTAM WAS ISSUED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.