- Date
- July 16, 1987, 19:30 local (Jul 17, 1987, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Deer Park, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N18933Beech C23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870716082339A
- Case key
- 40659
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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
During initial climb, at about 100 feet AGL, a loss of power occurred. The pilot made a shallow turn to avoid obstacles and landed in a plowed field. During landing roll the nose gear and right main gear collapsed, dragging the right wing. No reason could be determined for the loss of power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18933
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-1972
- Airframe hours
- 180
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4J, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ralph Nelson
- Registered owner
- Ralph Nelson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 16, 1987
- Destination
- GEG · Spokane, WA
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
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 26,915 total · 175 in this make and model · 26,880 as pilot in command · 93 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.