- Date
- July 23, 1989, 15:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Neligh, NE
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N66295Beech C23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 15, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890723024569A
- Case key
- 34692
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed after intiating a steep climbing maneuver from low altitude. Factors related to the accident were: the pilot's lack of total flying experience and lack of sufficient altitude.
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 acft crashed near Neligh, NE, as it was on a x-country flt from spencer, IA, to kearney, NE. A witness, who heard the acft, said it was proceeding on a southwesterly heading at low altitude before it crashed. An eye witness rprtd that just before the acdnt, the acft entered a steep climb (to an estimated 500 to 600 ft), then it entered a steep descent & disappeared from his view. An exam of the wreckage revealed it had impacted in a near vertical descent. No preimpact part failure or malfunction of the acft was found. The plt had received his private plt certificate about 2 wks before the acdnt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66295
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-2187
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Don Schaefer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 17, 1989 · 475 hours before
- Departed
- SPW · Spencer, IA
- Destination
- EAR · Kearney, NE
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 100 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Observed at
- OFK, 32 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.