Beechcraft A23A N2364W

Summary

On 24 December 1988 at about 01:10 local time, a Beechcraft A23A registered N2364W, operated by Tierman, Jerry A., was involved in an accident near California, Missouri, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 December 1988 at 01:10

Classification

Accident

Location

California, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

Phillips Field (80K)

Coordinates

38.6310, -92.5598

Aircraft

Beechcraft A23A

Registration

N2364W

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Tierman, Jerry A.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MKC89LA046

Nobody was 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 PVT PILOT SAID WHILE ATTEMPTING A DOWNWIND TAKEOFF ON A DARK NIGHT FROM AN UNLIGHTED SOD STRIP, HE RECEIVED AN INTERMITTENT STALL WARNING HORN SHORTLY AFTER LIFT-OFF. HE LOWERED THE NOSE AND THE ACFT STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND REBOUNDED INTO THE AIR. HE SAID HE HAD DIFFICULTIES WITH DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND DECIDED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF AND RE-LAND. DURING THE ATTEMPT TO RE-LAND HE STRUCK A FENCE, TREES, THEN ROUGH ROCKY TERRAIN. THE ACFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE WINGS, LDG GEAR, EMPENNAGE AND FUSELAGE. TOXICOLOGY TESTS PERFORMED ON THE PILOT WERE NEGATIVE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.