Beechcraft C23 N6975R

Summary

On 24 August 1985 at about 18:00 local time, a Beechcraft C23 registered N6975R was involved in an accident near Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 August 1985 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States

Coordinates

39.2800, -80.3294

Aircraft

Beechcraft C23

Registration

N6975R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fairmont → Canton

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL85LA258

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 PILOT RAN INTO LESS THAN VFR WEATHER AND TURNED AROUND AND ATTEMPTED TO MAKE AN AIRPORT. HE BECAME BOXED IN BY WEATHER ALL AROUND AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON THE HIGHWAY. HE DID NOT MAKE A PSS OVER HIS INTENDED LANDING AREA. WHEN HE WAS ON SHORT FINAL, A CAR PULLED OUT OF A SIDE ROAD AHEAD OF HIM. HE PULLED UP AND HIT SOME POWER TRANSMISSION LINES WITH THE RIGHT WING. HE CRASH LANDED ON THE ROAD AND SLID INTO THE GUARD RAIL. THE ARCRAFT CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS DESTROYED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.