# Incident 20231112020139I: Beech 23, Santa Ynez, CA, November 12, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 2023, 11:50 local time
- Place: Santa Ynez, CA
- Airport: Santa Ynez
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6068° N, 120.0760° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Santa Ynez Airport (IZA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6068&lon=-120.0760&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2358Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2358Z) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR24LA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231112020139I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 8500 FEET, WHEN AN ALTERNATOR INOPERATION LIGHT CAME ON. PILOTS BEGAN DECENT AND AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS DECENDING THROUGH 4000 THE PILOT INPUTTED A QUARTER TO HALF INCH MOVEMENT ON THE CONTROL YOKE WHEN THE CONTROLS BECAME LIGHT FOLLOWED BY A VIOLENT VIBRATION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND A FLUCTUATION OF THE CONTROL YOKE AND AIRCRAFT. IT TOOK BOTH PILOTS TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT ONCE CONTROL WAS GAINED. WHEN THE PILOTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT, THEY FOUND A CRACK IN THE UPPER MIDDLE SECTION OF THE WINDSHIED, THE BAGGAGE DOOR TAB BENT AND THE STABILATOR TAB ROD ASSY SHEARED IN HALF. NTSB TOOK POSSESSION OF THE BROKEN STABILATOR ROD ASSY AND IT WAS SENT TO THE LAB FOR ANALYSIS.

## 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 WPR24LA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA032), Nov 12, 2023: Beech 23 (N2358Z), Santa Ynez, CA, incident, investigation ongoing

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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