Accident · 1988-12-26

NTSB case CHI89FA036 · BEECH B23 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1988-12-26
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: BEECH B23 (N6100N)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: RESCH, DAVID P. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): RESCH, DAVID P.

Probable cause

PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S POOR INFLIGHT DECISION IN ATTEMPTING TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT AFTER A PARTIAL ENGINE FAILURE, AND HIS ENCOUNTERING A STALL/SPIN AT LOW ALTITUDE FROM WHICH HE WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER.

Source: NTSB case CHI89FA036

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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