20230923015899A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech C23 · Gonzales, TX · September 23, 2023

Date
September 23, 2023 · 09:10 local
Place
Gonzales, TX
Airport
Roger M Dreyer Memorial Airpor
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N18994
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN23LA418
Reported as
Beech C23
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
210 total162 in this make and model28 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Aircraft experienced loss of power on go around. Lack of altitude limited the landing options. Aircraft made a left-hand turn and touched down in a field. Went through a barbed wire fence, impacted a tree causing the right wing to seperate from the aircraft and substantial damage to the right side of the fuselage.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER ON GO AROUND. LACK OF ALTITUDE LIMITED THE LANDING OPTIONS. AIRCRAFT MADE A LEFT-HAND TURN AND TOUCHED DOWN IN A FIELD. WENT THROUGH A BARBED WIRE FENCE, IMPACTED A TREE CAUSING THE RIGHT WING TO SEPERATE FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE.

NTSB investigation

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