# Accident 20031111028649A: Daught T18C, Turtle Mountai, CA, November 11, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 2003, 11:00 local time
- Place: Turtle Mountai, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4039° N, 114.7531° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4039&lon=-114.7531&mi=10
- Aircraft: N647C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N647C-2012-09-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Daughters Carl Freeman T18C (registry code 056225X, https://openairdocs.org/model/daughters-carl-freeman-t18c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DAUGHT T18C
- Reported engine: TELMAT TMXO360
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031111028649A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT DEPARTED GLENDALE, AZ @ 1030L ON 11-11-03, ENROUTE TO SANTA MARIA, CA. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FAILED TO REACH IT'S DESTINATION. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT BECAME OVERDUE, FAMILY MEMBER CONTACTED SANTA MARIA AIRPORT PERSONNEL. THE CIVIL AIR PATROL INITIATED A SEARCH IN THE AREA OF THE LAST RADAR TRACK PROVIDED BY THE AIR FORCE RESCUE COORDINATION CENTER, LANGLEY AFB, VA. THE LAST RADAR TRACKING OF THE AIRCRAFT INDICATED 12,400 FT. AFTER THE RIGHT WING SEPARATED (ASSUMED), THE RATE OF DESCENT WAS 9,400 FPM. ON 11-12-03, GROUND SEARCH TEAMS LOCATED THE AIRCRAFT 0837L IN THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS, CA, 24 MILES SOUTHWEST (LAT N34.24.214, LON W114.45.178) OF LAKE HAVASU CITY AIRPORT. THERE WAS NO SURVIVORS. THE RIGHT WING WAS DISCOVERED 1 MILE WEST OF THE MAIN WRECKAGE. AFTER REMOVAL OF THE VICTIMS, THE WRECKAGE WAS REMOVED BY AN AVIATION SALVAGE COMPANY. UPON WRECKAGE INVESTIGATION BY THE NTSB AND FAA, PRELIMINARY FINDINGS DETERMINED THAT THE RIGHT WING SEPARATED AT THE WING ROOT SPAR DUE TO POSITIVE G FORCES ON THE RIGHT WING (TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE). PRESENTLY, AT THIS TIME, THIS INVESTIGATION IS WAITING FOR WEATHER DATA.

## 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 LAX04LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA041), Nov 11, 2003: Daughters T18C (N647C), Needles, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's continuation of a visual flight rules (VFR) flight into an area of adverse weather, which resulted in an encounter with moderate to severe turbulence and in-flight breakup of the airplane.

## Other reports on N647C (1)

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

- [Incident 19940727033069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940727033069I), Jul 27, 1994: N647C, Sioux Falls, SD, Minor damage. Narrative: on 7-27-94 at 1025 CDT, pilot carl f. daughters flew N647C, a thorpe-daughters, T18C, to Sioux Falls, SD. During landing sequence he made a hard…

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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