Beechcraft C-50 N322V

Summary

On 6 May 1983 at about 05:08 local time, a Beechcraft C-50 registered N322V was involved in an accident near Nephi, Utah, United States. 2 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 May 1983 at 05:08

Classification

Accident

Location

Nephi, Utah, United States

Coordinates

39.6802, -111.8309

Aircraft

Beechcraft C-50

Registration

N322V

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Las Vegas → Salt Lake City

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

DEN83LA109

1 person had minor injuries.

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 ACFT COLLIDED WITH ROCKS AND SAGEBRUSH DURING A FORCED LANDING AFTER THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED INDUCTION AND AIRFRAME ICING DURING CRUISE. THE PILOTS WEATHER BRIEFING FORECAST THE ICING WHICH HE ENCOUNTERED. THE BRIEFING TOOK PLACE ABOUT 12 HOURS BEFORE DEPARTURE. THERE IS NO RECORD OF ANOTHER BRIEFING PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. WHEN THEPILOT EXPERIENCED A REDUCTION IN MANIFOLD PRESSURE DURING CRUISE IN ICING CONDITIONS HE SUSPECTED INDUCTION ICING. THE ALTERNATE AIR DOORS WERE FROZEN. WHEN THE PILOT FREED THEM THERE WAS A SMALL BANGING SOUND IN THE ENGINES. HE RADIOED THE ARTCC AT SALT LAKE CITY THE HE HAD ICING AND WAS 'DROPPING LIKE A ROCK'. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE IN A SAGE BRUSH CLEARING. THE PILOT SAID THE ACFT MANUAL SHOULD BE CHANGED. 'IT STATES THAT CARB ICE IS RARE AND IS CORRECTED BY ALTERNATE AIR. IT DOES NOT INDICATE THAT AFTER THE ICE FORMS IT IS TOO LATE TO RESTORE POWER'.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.