- Date
- August 13, 1988, 13:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Pueblo, CO
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2341ZBeech 23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880813032499A
- Case key
- 17526
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Weather condition - high density altitudeFactor
Terrain condition - risingFactor
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Proper climb rate - not possible
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2341Z
- Reported as
- Beech 23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-53
- Airframe hours
- 2,642
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Four Musketeers Inc
- Registered owner
- Mcguire, Lester G. Et.Al.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 28, 1988 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- PUB
- Destination
- APA · Englewood, CO
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- PUB · Pueblo Mem, runway 8R, 4,073 × 75 ft, concrete
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 108 total · 25 in this make and model · 71 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.