20070921020939A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Socata TB20TRINIDAD · Beatty, NV · September 21, 2007

Date
September 21, 2007 · 19:40 local
Place
Beatty, NV
Airport
Beatty
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N203AB
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA07LA270
Reported as
Socata TB20TRINIDAD
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
241 total143 in this make and model62 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On September 21, 2007, at approximately 1940 local time a Socata trinadad TB20 gt, registration number N203AB, serial number 2211 owned by the pilot privacy data omitted decided to land at the Beatty Airport due to deteriorating weather at the destination. The aircraft crashed when performing a go-around at the Beatty (bty) airport in Beatty, NV. The private pilot sustained serious injury, the passenger sustained serious injury, and the aircraft was destroyed. The aircraft was being operated under 14 CFR part 91 when the accident occurred. The flight originated in lovelock, NV, with a destination of henderson, NV. No flight plan was filed and the flight was operated under VMC conditions.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 1940 LOCAL TIME A SOCATA TRINADAD TB20 GT, REGISTRATION NUMBER N203AB, SERIAL NUMBER 2211 OWNED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DECIDED TO LAND AT THE BEATTY AIRPORT DUE TO DETERIORATING WEATHER AT THE DESTINATION. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED WHEN PERFORMING A GO-AROUND AT THE BEATTY (BTY) AIRPORT IN BEATTY, NV. THE PRIVATE PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURY, THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURY, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN LOVELOCK, NV, WITH A DESTINATION OF HENDERSON, NV. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED AND THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER VMC CONDITIONS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.