Beechcraft C23 N9331S

Summary

On 5 September 2005 at about 19:00 local time, a Beechcraft C23 registered N9331S was involved in an accident near Jiggs, Nevada, 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

5 September 2005 at 19:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Jiggs, Nevada, United States

Coordinates

40.4333, -115.7500

Aircraft

Beechcraft C23

Registration

N9331S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Twin Falls → Tonopah

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX05CA297

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 airplane collided with obstructions while performing a forced landing in a field. The pilot reported he experienced a severe downdraft with a descent rate in excess of 1,500 feet per minute at best rate of climb airspeed that made continued flight impossible. The pilot was forced to make an emergency landing in a field. After touchdown and during the rollout phase the left wing impacted a steel livestock gate. The pilot reported that the airplane and engine had no mechanical failures or malfunctions during the flight.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.