- Date
- September 11, 1995, 07:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2382JBeech 23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950911028359A
- Case key
- 29216
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Probable cause
the loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. The soft and rough nature of the terrain available for the forced landing was a factor in the accident.
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 pilot said he was doing touch-and-go traffic pattern operations. On the takeoff initial climb from the last touch-and-go, the engine lost power and the pilot landed the aircraft in a vacant field off the departure end of the runway. The field consisted of soft, rough soil and sage brush, and the landing gear collapsed during the ground roll. An FAA airworthiness inspector examined the aircraft. He reported that no discrepancies were identified in either the airframe or engine.
Factual narrative
On September 11, 1995, at 0730 Pacific daylight time, a Beech 23, N2382J, collided with the ground off the departure end of runway 7 following a loss of power during the takeoff initial climb at the North Las Vegas Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada. The aircraft was operated by the pilot and was on a local area personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft was destroyed in the ground collision sequence. The certificated commercial pilot and one passenger were not injured. The flight originated at the North Las Vegas Airport on the day of the accident at 0625.
The pilot reported that he was doing touch-and-go traffic pattern operations on runway 7. During the takeoff initial climb from the last touch-and-go, the engine lost power and the pilot landed the aircraft in a vacant field off the departure end of the runway. The field consisted of soft, rough soil and sage brush, and the landing gear collapsed during the ground roll.
An FAA airworthiness inspector from the Las Vegas, Nevada, Flight Standards District Office examined the aircraft. He reported that no discrepancies were identified in either the airframe or engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2382J
- Reported as
- Beech 23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M345
- Airframe hours
- 4,909
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-Q2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lyle O. Brooksby
- Registered owner
- Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 27, 1995 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- VGT
- Airport
- VGT · North Las Vegas Air Ter, runway 7, 5,000 × 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
- 60
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 7,027 total · 146 in this make and model · 6,987 as pilot in command · 51 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VGT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2382J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.