- Date
- May 18, 1991, 18:00 local (May 19, 1991, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cibola, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6017EBeech C23
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910518016459A
- Case key
- 27001
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance between the aircraft and ground vehicle during a low pass resulting in an in flight collision with the vehicle, loss of control, and in flight collision with terrain. Factors related to the accident was the pilot's ostentatious display of making a low pass over a ground vehicle.
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
Upon arriving over a river beach area the pilot made low passes down a nearby road. On his third pass the aircraft collided with a truck. The pilot entered a climb after collision, lost control of the aircraft and it impacted the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6017E
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M2142
- Airframe hours
- 1,256
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- T. Ineson & P. Brade
- Registered owner
- T. Ineson & P. Brade
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 3, 1990 · 66 hours before
- Departed
- SEE · El Cajon, CA
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 252 total · 93 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.