Beechcraft 65 N9AG
2 November 1988 · Elko, Nevada, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 2 November 1988 at about 22:53 local time, a Beechcraft 65 registered N9AG, operated by Airborne Geophysics, was involved in an accident near Elko, Nevada, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 22:53
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Elko, Nevada, United States
- Nearest airport
- Elko (EKO)
- Coordinates
- 40.9501, -115.7891
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft 65
- Registration
- N9AG
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Airborne Geophysics
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Positioning
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Elko → Farmington
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- SEA89FA015
People
2 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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
APPROX 10 MIN AFTER T/O, THE PILOT STATED HE WAS RETURNING TO LAND DUE TO A PROBLEM. ON FINAL THE ACFT ROLLED INVERTED AND DESCENDED NOSE DOWN INTO A RESIDENCE. ENGINE EXAM REVEALED A FAILED SUPERCHARGER INTERMEDIATE DRIVE SHAFT GEAR RESULTING IN LOSS OF SUPERCHARGER ON THE RT ENGINE. THE ACFT WAS APPROX 300 LBS OVER MAX GROSS WEIGHT. THE LNDG GEAR WAS DOWN AND THE FLAPS WERE EXTENDED APPROX 20 DEGREES. THE LEFT THROTTLE WAS FOUND IN THE FULL FORWARD (HIGH POWER) POSITION. THE RT PROP CONTROL WAS IN FULL DECREASE RPM, HIGH PITCH AND THE RT ENG MAG SWITCHES WERE OFF. WITNESSES HAD OBSERVED THE ACFT DESCEND TO BELOW TRAFFIC PATTERN ALT. AT APPROX 200 FT AGL A LOUD ENG NOISE WAS HEARD AND THE SLOW FLYING ACFT PITCHED UP, ROLLED RT AND DESCENDED VERTICALLY ABOUT 1/2 MILE FROM THE ARPT. THE PLT HAD NOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY OR DEFINED HIS PROBLEM. THE PLT'S LAST RECORDED FLT IN THE BE-65 WAS IN FEB 1988. THERE WAS NO RECORD OF A CHECK-OUT OR FLIGHT TRAINING IN THE ACFT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Beechcraft 65 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Feb 1988 | Beechcraft 65-88 | Unknown | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 26 Jul 1989 | Beechcraft 65-90 | Springdale, Arkansas, United States | Central Flying Service | No injuries | - |
| 15 Jan 1987 | Beechcraft 65-80 | Brownsville, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 29 Apr 1989 | Beechcraft 65 | Nassau, Bahamas | Wooldridge, Raymond E. | No injuries | - |
| 25 Oct 1987 | Beechcraft 65 | Covington, Louisiana, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 21 Mar 1986 | Beechcraft 65-A80 | Cuyama, California, United States | Airtransport Inc. | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct 1988 | Bell 47G-3B2 | Cottonwood Canyon, Nevada, United States | Bureau of Land Management | Minor injuries | - |
| 19 Mar 1988 | Pitts S-1C | Carson City, Nevada, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 23 Apr 1988 | Cessna 310G | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 16 Jul 1988 | Applebay ZUNI 2 | Wellington, Nevada, United States | Diane E. Weidenhammer | Fatal | 1 |
| 19 Feb 1988 | Piper PA-31T | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Executive Air Service | Minor injuries | - |
| 4 Jul 1988 | Cessna 152 | Verdi, Nevada, United States | Oroville Aviation | Fatal | 1 |