# Accident 19971107032659A: Beech C23, Corona, CA, November 7, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 1997, 17:30 local time
- Place: Corona, CA
- Airport: Corona Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8977° N, 117.6024° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CORONA MUNI (AJO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8977&lon=-117.6024&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3724Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3724Z-2006-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- Reported engine: LYC O360A2G
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 176 total, 37 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX98LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971107032659A

## Narrative

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

TRIED TO LAND DOWNWIND. BEGAN LATE GO AROUND BEHIND POWER CURVE. UNABLE CLIMB. IMPACTED BOULDERS LANDING IN FIELD. (.4) THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD FULL FUEL ONBOARD. ABOUT 1 HOUR INTO THE FLIGHT, THE PILOT DESCENDED AND SWITCHED THE FUEL SELECTOR TO A DIFFERENT TANK. THE ENGINE RAN ROUGH AND WAS 'HESITANT.' WHEN HE SWITCHED BACK TO THE OTHER TANK, THE ENGINE RAN NORMALLY. HE ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT A NEARBY AIRPORT. DURING HIS DESCENT HE SWITCHED BACK TO THE OTHER TANK AND THE ENGINE RAN ROUGH AGAIN. HE WAS NOT ABLE TO RECEIVE A TRAFFIC ADVISORY AND WAS UNABLE TO SEE THE WINDSOCK. ON FINAL APPROACH HE REALIZED HE HAD A TAIL WIND AND WAS TOO HIGH AND FAST. HE INITIATED A GO-AROUND BUT THE ENGINE WAS SLUGGISH AND THE AIRPLANE WOULD NOT CLIMB. THE PILOT HEADED FOR AN OPEN FIELD TO MAKE AN OFF-AIRPORT EMERGENCY LANDING AND THE ENGINE QUIT. THE AIRPLANE BRUSHED THE TOPS OF SOME TREES AND TOUCHED DOWN IN THE FIELD. THE NOSE GEAR STRUCK A ROCK DURING THE LANDING ROLL AND COLLAPSED. THE ENGINE WAS TEST RUN FOLLOWING RECOVERY AND OPERATED FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES THROUGH THE FULL RANGE OF OPERATION WITH AND WITHOUT THE ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP ON BOTH FUEL TANKS. ABOUT 5.6 GALLOLONS OF FUEL WERE DRAINED FROM THE LEFT TANK AND 17.9 GALLONS WERE DRAINED FROM THE RIGHT TANK. NO DEBRIS, WATER, OR RESTRICTIONS WERE NOTED IN THE FUEL LINES, CARBURETOR BOWL, OR FUEL STRAINER.

## 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 LAX98LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA035), Nov 8, 1997: Beech C23 (N3724Z), Corona, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor was the rough terrain that resulted in a nose over during the landing roll.

## Other reports on N3724Z (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20060212001929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060212001929A), Feb 12, 2006: Beech C23 (N3724Z), San Jose, CA, Destroyed. (-23) The Beech sundowner crash landed about 300 feet short of runway 31L after experiencing power loss as it was about to enter a right downwind leg, at about…

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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