Beechcraft C23 N6022C

Summary

On 22 September 1988 at about 23:08 local time, a Beechcraft C23 registered N6022C, operated by Lindquist, Cylde A, was involved in an accident near Belle Plaines, Iowa, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 September 1988 at 23:08

Classification

Accident

Location

Belle Plaines, Iowa, United States

Coordinates

41.8891, -92.2706

Aircraft

Beechcraft C23

Registration

N6022C

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Lindquist, Cylde A

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Iowa City → Fort Dodge

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

MKC88FA176

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

THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT RECEIVED A FULL WEATHER BRIEFING PRIOR TO DEPARTURE DURING WHICH HE WAS ADVISED THAT VFR FLIGHT WAS NOT RECOMMENDED. IN ADDITION HE WAS ADVISED THAT, WHILE CONDITIONS WERE FORECAST TO IMPROVE, THE POSSIBILITY FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO EXIST. WHILE IN FLIGHT, THE PILOT WAS ADVISED TWICE THAT WEATHER CELLS WERE IN HIS FLIGHT PATH AND WAS OFFERED RADAR VECTORS AROUND THEM. HE CHOSE NOT TO BE VECTORED UNTIL AFTER HE HAD ENTERED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN. AFTER TURNING 80 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST AND THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED INTO A GRAVEL ROAD IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.