Beechcraft A23A N2337W
13 March 2000 · Rawlins, Wyoming, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 13 March 2000 at about 19:40 local time, a Beechcraft A23A registered N2337W was involved in an accident near Rawlins, Wyoming, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 19:40
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Rawlins, Wyoming, United States
- Nearest airport
- Rawlins Municipal (RWL)
- Coordinates
- 41.7799, -107.2191
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft A23A
- Registration
- N2337W
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Grand Junction → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- DEN00LA058
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to abort the landing in a timely manner. Factors were the tailwind and high density altitude, resulting in inadequate climb performance.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
As the pilot approached Rawlins, Wyoming, he tried contacting the airport on UNICOM several times but without success. He circled the airport several times looking for the wind sock but did not see one. He then decided to land on 'the upslope runway [10].' Halfway down the runway, the pilot applied brakes and then realized the airplane could not be stopped before reaching the end of the runway. He aborted the landing. During the climbout, the airplane struck a fence 100 feet beyond the departure end of the runway. It then struck the ground and slid another 100 feet. Winds recorded at Rawlins at 1250, 10 minutes after the accident, were from 250 degrees at 25 knots. Landing on runway 10 presented a 30 degree right quartering tailwind with a component approximately 23 knots. Density altitude was computed to be 7,157 feet msl, and the maximum expected rate of climb was computed to be 345 feet per minute.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Beechcraft A23A accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Sep 1997 | Beechcraft A23A | Tucson, Arizona, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 May 2004 | Beechcraft A23A | Kress, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 13 Apr 1996 | Beechcraft A23A | Saginaw, Michigan, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 15 Mar 1996 | Beechcraft A23A | Sarasota, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 8 May 2004 | Beechcraft A23A | Crystal River, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 26 Mar 2005 | Beechcraft A23A | Ottengruner, Germany | Alexander Biersack | Fatal | 3 |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Sep 2000 | Bell 206B | Rawlins, Wyoming, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 2 Mar 2000 | Cessna P210N | Gillette, Wyoming, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 5 Jan 2000 | Beechcraft B200 | Jackson, Wyoming, United States | Edward L. Terry | No injuries | - |
| 8 Jan 2000 | Piper PA-23-250 | Rock Springs, Wyoming, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 21 Aug 2000 | Cessna 180K | Douglas, Wyoming, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 Apr 2000 | Green GTX-SE-FI | Gillette, Wyoming, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |