- Date
- November 25, 1987, 18:30 local (Nov 26, 1987, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Knolls, UT
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2EEBeech J35
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871125081439A
- Case key
- 17342
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The last comm with the flt was when the plt contacted elko radio and requested the salt lake city wx. He reported that he was at 11500 ft and VFR on top. The specialist on duty was unable to provide the wx info due to a computer sys outage but recommended that the plt ctc cedar city flt watch for wx info. No rec of any further contacts by the plt could be found. Approx 1 hr later, a witness rptd seeing acft lights at a low altitude heading in a southerly direction, near the crash site. The witness stated that the wx at the time was snow and icy conditions and the state hwy patrol confirmed that blizzard conditions existed in the area. Exam of the wreckage revealed that the acft descended into the desert in a slight nose down, steep right wing down attitude on a track of 170 degrees. No evidence of mech failure/malf of the acft or its eng was found. The plt had a prior history of hypoxic problems. The alt at which he last reported was in the average sub-hypoxic range.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2EE
- Reported as
- Beech J35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-5408
- Airframe hours
- 6,701
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-C, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hansen, Gordon L
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 15, 1987 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- RHV · San Jose, CA
- Destination
- SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,409 total · 143 in this make and model · 236 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 360° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SLC, 70 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.