# Accident 20061230029159A: Beech 23, Bee Tree Dam, NC, December 30, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2006, 11:15 local time
- Place: Bee Tree Dam, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5818° N, 82.5537° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5818&lon=-82.5537&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2319L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2319L-2013-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 23 (registry code 1151202, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 23
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 129 total, 85 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC07CA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07CA010) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061230029159A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT LEFT OHIO, WITH PLANS TO STOP IN HENDERSONVILLE, NC FOR FUEL ON HIS WAY TO ORLANDO, FLORIDA. HE DID NOT VERIFY AMOUNT OF FUEL IN TANKS BEFORE DEPARTING, HE DID NOT FILE A FLIGHT PLAN, HE DID NOT GET A WEATHER BREIFING BEFORE DEPARTING FROM OHIO. HE LISTENED TO A LOCAL ASOS STATION. HE STATES AS HE GOT CLOSER TO HENDERSONVILLE (0A7), VISIBILITY DECREASED TO IMC THEN HE FLEW INTO TREES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 ANC07CA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07CA010), Dec 30, 2006: Beech BE-23 (N2319L), Asheville, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's continued VFR cruise flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in a forced landing and collision with trees. Factors associated with the accident were fog and low…

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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