Beechcraft B35D N2176D

Summary

On 21 March 1985 at about 16:24 local time, a Beechcraft B35D registered N2176D was involved in an accident near Mojave, California, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

21 March 1985 at 16:24

Classification

Accident

Location

Mojave, California, United States

Coordinates

35.0705, -118.1804

Aircraft

Beechcraft B35D

Registration

N2176D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sacramento → Tehachapi

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX85FA181

3 people 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 LEFT STABILIZER ASSEMBLY SEPARATED FROM THE ACFT IN-FLT.THE ALT AND AIRSPEED AT THE TIME OF THE SEPARATION WERE NOT DETERMINED. PLTS OF ACFT FLYING IN THE AREA AT ABOUT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT REPORTED MODERATE TO SEVERE TURBULENCEAND UP AND DOWN DRAFTS OF 1,500 FPM. THE BEECH PLT REQUESTED AND RECEIVED WX INFO ALONG HI ROUTE OF FLT. NO SIGMETS OR AIRMETS WERE ISSUED TO THE PLT NOR WERE THERE ANY IN EFFECT IN THE AREA OR AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.