# Accident 20111016025389A: Beech E33, Dagget, CA, October 16, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2011, 12:56 local time
- Place: Dagget, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9356° N, 116.6644° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9356&lon=-116.6644&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7011N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7011N-2018-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E33 (registry code 1151422, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E33
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 81 total, 28 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12FA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111016025389A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 16 2011, AT APPROXIMATELY 12;56 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME IN DAGGETT, CA, A BEECH BE33 AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION NUMBER N7011N,  DURING A VFR FLIGHT FROM NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV, TO CORONA, CA, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH ZLA AT 8,500 FEET AND REPORTED PROPELLER FAILURE. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED  A POSSIBLE LANDING AT DAGGETT AIRPORT AND CRASHED 5 MILES NE OF THE AIRPORT IN DESERT TERRAIN. THERE WERE 3 FATALATIES. 1 CREW AND 2 PASSENGERS. TOXICOLOGY RESULTS ARE PENDING.

## 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 WPR12FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12FA012), Oct 16, 2011: Beech E33 (N7011N), Daggett, CA, substantial damage, 3 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to the separation of a connecting rod, and the pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during a sudden maneuver to avoid power lines during the descent, which resulted…

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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