# NTSB CEN23LA052: Beech 200, N968T, Del Rio, TX, November 22, 2022 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: November 22, 2022, 12:48 local (18:48 UTC) - Place: Del Rio, TX - Coordinates: 29.4393, -100.9913 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4393&lon=-100.9913&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Enroute-climb to cruise: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 7 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration; North Texas FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 106371 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN23LA052 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106371/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106371 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA052 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane that resulted in an uncontrolled descent and overstress of the airframe during his recovery of the airplane. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech 200, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000/cases.md?model=1152920), [All aircraft, 1,269 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Enroute-climb to cruise: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech 200, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=1152920), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md) - [Uncontrolled descent: Attempted remediation/recovery](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060); cases with it: [Beech 200, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md?model=1152920), [All aircraft, 1,422 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that he was conducting a non-commercial personal flight when during the climb and passing through 4,000 ft, the airplane experienced wind shear causing the airplane to lose 1,500 ft. of altitude. The pilot recovered the airplane from the altitude loss, continued to the destination airport, and landed without further incident. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings, which were deformed upwards. The right front seat passenger reported that he was charged money for the flight, which was transportation to and from a fishing lodge. He reported that the airplane was in the clouds at the time it lost control and that as the airplane came out of the clouds, the pilot was pulling away from the ground, and was “pulling hard.” The pilot then got the airplane “upright.” The airplane was heading “almost directly” and “straight” at the ground before it was recovered. The passenger then asked the pilot what happened after the airplane was leveled off, and the pilot told him that he thought the autopilot had failed. The passenger reported the autopilot was not on, and it “seemed” that the pilot was not “paying attention to the instruments.” There were no warning tones or audible annunciations when the loss of control occurred. The passenger reported that they had just “barely taken off,” and did not feel any turbulence prior to the loss of control. He further added that “there was nothing before they got out of the clouds.” Pilot reports over the region mainly reported low overcast cloud cover, with no reports of significant turbulence or low-level wind shear. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N968T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N968T-2026-03-07), registration cancelled 2026-03-07, S/N BB-570 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH 200 - Registry model: [Beech 200](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200) (registry code 1152920) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [U/A Canada PT6A series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-series) (registry code 61508, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: BB-570 - Year built: 1979 - Airframe hours: 18723.3 - Engines: Pratt&Whitney PT6A-41 850 horsepower turbo prop; Pratt&Whitney PT6A-41 850 horsepower turbo prop - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Pilot - Registered owner: Hollan Air LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, August 17, 2022 - Departed: DRT, Del Rio, TX - Destination: DTO, Denton, TX - Flight plan: IFR - Equipment: ADS-B, Stall warning system, Onboard weather, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Auto-pilot ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 64; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review June 22, 2022; seat: left; flight hours: 7,274 total, 478 in this make and model, 6,381 as pilot in command, 78 in the last 90 days, 32.4 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: variable at 4 knots - Visibility: 12 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 1,200 ft overcast - Temperature: 54 °F, dew point 41 °F - Altimeter: 30.31 inHg - Observed at: DRT, 5 nm away ## Docket (7 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 15, 2023, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106371. 6.8 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 1.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14847113&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120%20Master_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Memorandum of conversation - passenger (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 107 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15099925&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=MOR%20Bagley_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Adsb data for flight from Mexico (item 3, KMZ, 91 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15100695&FileExtension=kmz&FileName=20221122_AD7B87_501370127_ADSB-Rel.kmz - Adsb data for accident flight (item 4, KMZ, 266 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15100502&FileExtension=kmz&FileName=20221122_AD7B87_501379857_ADSB-Rel.kmz - Reel mexican adventures private flight information (item 5, PDF, 2 pages, 2.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15099935&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Flight%20Information_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Private flight fee (item 6, PDF, 2 pages, 2.8 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15100512&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Private%20flight%20fee%20_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photo log (item 7, PDF, 2 pages, 311 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15100779&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Log-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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