- Date
- September 22, 1988, 18:08 local (23:08 UTC)
- Place
- Belle Plaines, IA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6022CBeech C23
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880922039579A
- Case key
- 34506
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The non-instrument rated pilot received a full weather briefing prior to departure during which he was advised that VFR flight was not recommended. In addition he was advised that, while conditions were forecast to improve, the possibility for scattered thunderstorms continued to exist. While in flight, the pilot was advised twice that weather cells were in his flight path and was offered radar vectors around them. He chose not to be vectored until after he had entered an area of heavy rain. After turning 80 degrees to the right radar contact was lost and the aircraft descended into a gravel road in a steep nose down attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6022C
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-2160
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A2G, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Lindquist, Cylde A
- Registered owner
- Emer. Services & Management
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 15, 1988
- Departed
- IOW · Iowa City, IA
- Destination
- FOD · Fort Dodge, IA
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 223 total · 150 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 330° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CID, 46 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.