# Accident 19970802020429A: Beech C23, Terlingua Alpin, TX, August 2, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1997, 18:22 local time
- Place: Terlingua Alpin, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3192° N, 103.6195° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3192&lon=-103.6195&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2146W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2146W-2000-07-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW97LA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA301) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970802020429A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT RECEIVED LLWS ON FINAL APPROACH AND ROLLED INTO A CHAINLINK FENCE.(-23) WHILE TURNING BASE TO FINAL, PILOT STEEPENED BANK ANGLE WHILE ALLOWING AIRCRAFT TO SLOW, RESULTING IN A STALL. RT WING IMPACTED A FENCE, NOSED INTO THE GROUND, AND SLID BACKWARDS THROUGH ANOTHER FENCE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW97LA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA301), Aug 2, 1997: Beech C23 (N2146W), Terlingua, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadvertent stall by the pilot-in-command. A factor was the sudden wind shift.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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