- Date
- March 15, 1991, 18:15 local (Mar 16, 1991, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- New Braunfels, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N23535Beech 36
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910315005499A
- Case key
- 23252
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Probable cause
The pilot's disregard for the minimum descent altitude and failure to perform a missed approach. Factors were the pilot's attempt to fly into known adverse weather conditions, low ceiling, rain, and fog.
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
Following an IFR flight from el paso, Texas, to New Braunfels, Texas, the pilot attempted to make an instrument approach to the New Braunfels airport. Weather at the time of the approach was below published minimums of 600 feet and 1 1/4 miles visibility and the pilot was aware of this fact prior to initiating the approach. The airplane descended through the minimum descent altitude and impacted right of the runway centerline. The airplane struck the ground with its left wing during a steep left turn and cartwheeled to its final resting place.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23535
- Reported as
- Beech 36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-1177
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jack W. Wolf
- Registered owner
- Jack W. Wolf
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- ELP · El Paso, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 3R5 · New Braunfels, runway 35, 5,370 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 64
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 688 total · 134 in this make and model · 604 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 30° at 8 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft overcast
- Observed at
- RNB, 30 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.