Beechcraft BE-58 | N82UC
June 14th, 2025 | Tabor City, North Carolina
Accident Location
- City: Tabor City
- State: North Carolina
- Latitude: 34.035833
- Longitude: -78.740278
- Airport ID: 81NC
Aircraft Info
- N Number: N82UC
- Make: Beechcraft
- Model: BE-58
- Aircraft Category: Aircraft Multi Engine Land
- Amateur Built: No
Pilot Info
- PIC Name: Porter, Philip Earl
- Gender: Male
- Pilot Age: 69
- Pilot Hours: 8000
- Flight School: No
- Instructional Flight: No
- Pilot Certification: Private Pilot
- IFR Rating: Yes
- Pilot Error: Yes
- Pilot Medical: Basic Med
- Pilot Incapacitation: No
Analysis
- Date: June 14th, 2025
- Time: 12:45 PM Local Time
- Day / Night: Day
- VMC / IMC: IMC
- Phase Of Flight: Enroute
- Total People Onboard: 2
- PIC Fatality: 1
- PAX Fatalities: 1
- Ground Fatalities: 0
- Total Fatalities: 2
- NTSB No:
- NTSB Travel: Yes
- AQP Classification: 7) TERRAIN COLLISION, C-FIT
Probable Cause
DTSB: The DTSB determines the Probable Cause of this accident to be Pilot Error, in that the highly experienced accident pilot did elect to continue flight towards known significant convective activity, and discontinued his IFR approach to KCRE due to extreme turbulence and heavy rain, whereupon he subsequently entered a column of microburst activity and was unable to maintain level flight in a decreasing performance (tailwind) microburst. The accident aircraft was found to have impacted with all components present at the crash site, and evidence of a very high forward speed and a wings level very high rate of descent type impact. The NTSB IIC on site offered this quote: “It was a high energy impact, indicating a high rate of speed as it passed through the trees, and the wreckage path is about 300 feet long from beginning to end.”
NTSB: NONE
Recommendation
DTSB: The DTSB recommends that all pilots of all aircraft avoid flight paths and destinations with known significant convective activity, and elect to wait, divert, or circumnavigate all such dangerous areas.
NTSB: NONE
DISCLAIMER: All data and Probable Cause listings are “Probable” only. They are based on opinion and educated speculation, and are for educational purposes only. They may contain incorrect information and are subject to change as new information becomes available.