Engel ENGEL AIR N5823X
15 March 1985 · Truckee, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 15 March 1985 at about 22:30 local time, a Engel ENGEL AIR registered N5823X was involved in an accident near Truckee, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 22:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Truckee, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Truckee-Tahoe (TRK)
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Engel ENGEL AIR
- Registration
- N5823X
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- LAX85LA174
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
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
PLT BUILT THIS ACFT AND THIS WAS THE 4TH TEST FLIGHT. PLT WAS LINED UP ON RWY 28 FOR TAKEOFF. UPON ROLLING LIFT OFF PLT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND RAN INTO A TALL SNOW BANK.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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