# NTSB DEN89LA051: Beech B24R, N65PW, Ogden, UT, December 31, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 31, 1988, 15:22 local (22:22 UTC)
- Place: Ogden, UT
- Coordinates: 41.150985, -111.980606 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1510&lon=-111.9806&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 28, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17655
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN89LA051
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17655/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89LA051

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(partial) - nonmechanical, takeoff - initial climb
  - preflight planning/preparation - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - snow
  - powerplant controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - carburetor icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - high density altitude
- Forced landing, maneuvering - turn to landing area (emergency)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing
  - flight into known adverse weather - initiated, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - obscuration (contributing factor)
  - visual/aural perception, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PLT RCVD A WX BRIEFING & FILED AN IFR FLT PLN. HE TKOF ON RWY 34 AT 1517 MST WITH LOW CEILING &RESTRICTED VIS DUE TO FOG & LGT SNOW. THE TWR CTLR SAW THE ACFT LIFT-OFF AT THE RWY'S END, THEN LOST SIGHT OF IT. SOON THEREAFTER, THE PLT SAID HE WAS UNABLE TO GAIN ALT & WAS RTRNG TO THE ARPT. HE WAS CLRD TO LND ON ANY RWY. DUE TO WX, TWR PSNL DIDN'T SEE THE ACFT UNTIL IT WAS ESE OF THE ARPT IN A RGT PATTERN, IT THEN DISAPPEARED FM THEIR VIEW AGAIN (IN WX) BFR CRASHING. THE PLT STATED THAT DRG TKOF, THE ENG BGN RUNNING ROUGH AT ABT 200' AGL & LOST PARTIAL PWR. HE SAID HECIRCLED BACK TO THE ARPT AT MIN SPEED, LOSING ABT 50' PER MIN, DODGING BLDGS & TREES. HE ATMTD TO LND ON RWY 34, BUT THEACFT NRLY STALLED. HE THEN ATMTD TO LND ON RWY 3, BUT THE ACFT HIT THE PERIMETER FENCE & SLID TO A STOP. NO PREIMPACT MECH PRBLM WAS FND. THE 1525 MST WX AT OGDEN WAS, IN PART: 700' OBSCURED, VIS 3/4 MI WITH FOG & LIGHT SNOW, TEMP 30, DEWPOINT 27. ACCORDING TO ICING PROBABILITY CHARTS, CARB ICING CONDS PREVAILED. ARPT ELEV WAS 4470'

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N65PW](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65PW-2000-11-28), registration cancelled 2000-11-28, S/N MC-377 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B24R
- Registry model: [Beech B24R](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b24r) (registry code 1151253) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: MC-377
- Airframe hours: 2742
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-360-A1B6 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Kansas College Of Technology
- Registered owner: Kansas College Of Tech.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 15, 1988, 46 hours before
- Departed: OGD
- Destination: CYS, CHEYENNE, WY
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: OGD, Ogden Muni, runway 3, 8,252 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 18; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 258 total, 30 in this make and model, 226 as pilot in command, 82 in the last 90 days, 24 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Lowest ceiling: 700 ft
- Temperature: 30 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: OGD

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19881231062309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881231062309A), Dec 31, 1988: Beech B24R, Ogden, UT, Substantial damage. Appears pilot changed his mind to continue after seeing low ceiling and fog on takeoff. Hit a fence trying to land.

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.

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