# Accident 20211112020479A: Lynn Beckhorn STOL CH-701, Garloc, CA, November 12, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 2021, 14:20 local time
- Place: Garloc, CA
- Airport: Garloc Army Airstrip
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4294° N, 117.7303° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4294&lon=-117.7303&mi=10
- Aircraft: N984LD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N984LD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lynn Beckhorn STOL CH-701 (registry code 056323G, https://openairdocs.org/model/lynn-beckhorn-stol-ch-701) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Ulpower UL260I (registry code 61998, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ulpower-ul260i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LYNN BECKHORN STOL CH-701
- Reported engine: ULPOWER UL260I
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR22FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22FA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211112020479A

## Narrative

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

ON 11/12/2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 13:30 PST N984LD STOPPED AT INYO KERN AIRPORT (KIYK) AN PURCHASE 5 GALLONS OF AVIATION FUEL ALONG WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 GALLONS PLACED INTO A PORTABLE PLASTIC GAS CAN, WHICH WAS STOWED ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT.

THERE WERE TWO MALE INDIVIDUALS ON BOARD, AT THAT TIME.

THE AIRCRAFT THEN DEPARTED INYO KERN AIRPORT (KIYK) AND PROCEEDED SOUTH.

AT APPROXIMATELY 14:15 PST THREE WITNESSES NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT IN THE DOWNWIND PATTERN (JUST SOUTH AND DUE EAST OF THE OLD ARMY DIRT AIRSTRIP).

THE WITNESSES STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING RATHER LOW AND OSCILLATING VERTICALLY, SOMEWHAT, AS IT FOLLOWED THE LOW RIDGE JUST SOUTH OF THE AIRSTRIP.

WITNESSES THEN STATED THAT THE ENGINE SOUND SEAMED NORMAL WHILE THE AIRCRAFT MADE ITS FINAL BASE TURN AND THEN THEY OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT MAKE AN EXTREME LEFT TURN (CLOSE TO 90º) TOWARD THE AIRSTRIP AND THE THEY HEARD THE ENGINE SPEED INCREASE (SEEMED LIKE THE ENGINE WENT TO FULL POWER).

THE AIRCRAFT THEN FELL OUT OF THE SKY, IMPACTED THE GROUND, FLIPPED ON ITS BACK AND EXPLODED INTO FLAMES.

BOTH MALE OCCUPANTS HELD  PILOT LICENSES.

BOTH OCCUPANTS DIED ON IMPACTED AND WERE BURNED IN THE FIRE.

NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THIS FLIGHT.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED IN THE FIRE.

THE PLASTIC FUEL CAN SURVIVED THE CRASH AND WAS FOUND STILL CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 2 GALLONS OF FUEL JUST WEST OF THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE.

METAR KNID 122156Z AUTO 12005KT 10SM CLR 27/01 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP212 T02720006 $=

EYE WHITNESS:

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## 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 WPR22FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22FA033), Nov 12, 2021: Zenith Stol CH701 (N984LD), Randsburg, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing approach, which failed to account for wind conditions, and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack following an overshoot of the runway extended…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.