# Accident 20100321029869A: Beech 23, Twenty Nine Pal, CA, March 21, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2010, 15:21 local time
- Place: Twenty Nine Pal, CA
- Airport: Twenty Nine Palms
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1264° N, 115.9428° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1264&lon=-115.9428&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2325Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2325Z-2012-08-14) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 739 total, 28 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10CA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA175) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100321029869A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM DIRT STRIP.  PILOT STATED THE ENGINE WAS AT MAX POWER BUT AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT CLIMB.  AIRCRAFT SETTELED UNTIL CONTACTING GROUND.  PILOT STATED THAT HE ENCOUNTERED A  WIND SHEAR.

## 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 WPR10CA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA175), Mar 21, 2010: Beech 23 (N2325Z), Twenty Nine Palms, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's encounter with a wind shear/downdraft that exceeded the climb performance capabilities of the airplane during initial climb.

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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