Beechcraft BE-23-24 N5781V

Summary

On 6 February 1985 at about 19:10 local time, a Beechcraft BE-23-24 registered N5781V, operated by Andrew B. Olerain, was involved in an accident near Eureka, Utah, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 February 1985 at 19:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Eureka, Utah, United States

Coordinates

39.9393, -112.1297

Aircraft

Beechcraft BE-23-24

Registration

N5781V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Andrew B. Olerain

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

West Jordan → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN85FA074

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

ON FEB 6, 1985,A BEECH BE-23-24 MUSKETEER,OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE PLT CRASHED INTO THE SIDE OF A 7000 FT MTN AT THE 6700 FT LEVEL. THE AC WAS DEMOLISHED AND THE PLT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THE WX CONDITIONS WERE REPORTED AS VMC BY PROVO, UTAH AND BY A LOCAL PLT IN THE AREA AT THE TIME. BOTH INDICATED THAT THE MTN TOPS WERE OBSCURED BY CLOUDS. THE INVESTIGATION FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF AN AC MALFUNCTION OR PLT IN-CAPACITATION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.