Beechcraft A23 N2377J

Summary

On 10 September 1985 at about 19:45 local time, a Beechcraft A23 registered N2377J was involved in an accident near Winnemucca, Nevada, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

10 September 1985 at 19:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Winnemucca, Nevada, United States

Nearest airport

Winnemucca Muni (WMC)

Coordinates

41.1197, -118.0504

Aircraft

Beechcraft A23

Registration

N2377J

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

SEA85LA210

1 person was seriously injured.

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 STUDENT HAD RECENTLY PURCHASED THE ACFT. ON 9/5/85, AN INSTRUCTOR PLT, WHO HAD DELIVERED THE ACFT TO THE WINNEMUCCA ARPT, GAVE THE STUDENT A TOTAL OF 0.4 HR DUAL INSTRUCTION, WHICH INCLUDED 2 LANDINGS. THE INSTRUCTOR THEN INDORSED THE STUDENT'S LOG BOOK FOR SOLO FLT IN THIS ACFT, BUT HE DID NOT INDORSE THE STUDENT'S PLT CERTIFICATE. FIVE DAYS LATER,THE STUDENT ELECTED TO GO ON HIS 1ST SOLO FLT IN THE ACFT. HE TOOK OFF WITH A QUARTERING TAIL WIND. HE STATED THAT DRG THE TAKEOFF, THE ENG SEEMED TO BE LOSING POWER, ALTHOUGH ITS SOUND SEEMED TO REMAIN STEADY. AFTER REACHING APRX 50 FT AGL, IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE, THE ACFT SETTLED & FELL OFF ON ITS RIGHT WING, THEN IT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND. THE DENSITY ALT ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT WAS 4300 FT. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OF THE ACFT OR ENG WAS FOUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.