ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 279097
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| Date: | Tuesday 7 June 2022 |
| Time: | 09:30 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 77 Skipper |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N18244 |
| MSN: | WA-295 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7279 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hemet, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Redlands Municipal Airport, CA (KREI) |
| Hemet-Ryan Field, CA (HMT/KHMT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On June 07, 2022, about 0930 Pacific daylight time, a Beech 77 Skipper, N18244, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident in Hemet, California. The student pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight.
During the student pilot’s second solo cross-country flight, he flew about 25 miles south to Hemet, California, to perform takeoffs and landings. The student pilot was operating on the downwind leg of the airport traffic pattern, when a witness, also flying in the traffic pattern, heard the student pilot’s distress call stating that the airplane had sustained a loss of engine power.
The student pilot’s approach path to runway 23 overshot his intended landing point and he transmitted a radio call indicating that he was going around. The student pilot made a left turn, and the airplane touched down in a dirt field just over a mile southeast of the departure end of runway 23. From the initial touchdown point ground scar in the dirt field,\ three additional ground scars were observed on a track of 110° and the airplane traveled about 665 ft, before impacting an 8-ft-high cinder block wall near a residential area. The impact and thermal damage were consistent with a high-energy impact as revealed by the engine compartment, cabin and both wings having breached the cinder block wall.
Although impact and thermal damage restricted the position confirmation of the ignition switch, throttle, mixture, carburetor heat, and flap positions, postaccident examination of the fuel selector valve revealed that the fuel selector remained in the “On” position. Additionally, postaccident examination of the airframe and engine revealed no evidence of any preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. The propeller revealed “S” bending, chordwise scratches, and leading-edge material gouges that were indicative of engine power during impact.
Given the icing probability, the student pilot may have experienced carburetor icing that led to a partial loss of engine power while operating on the downwind leg of the airport traffic pattern. With the student pilot’s limited flight experience, it is likely that he overshot the intended runway during the forced landing, consistent with eyewitness statements that the airplane’s approach was too fast to land on runway 23.
While a partial loss of engine power can be experienced when carburetor icing occurs, the student pilot did not specify the degree of engine power loss. The false sense of intermittent engine power and the drag experienced during the airplane’s multiple touchdown points in the soft dirt field suggest that the loss of engine power was partial in nature, however, the investigation could not determine the extent of the loss of engine power.
Probable Cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a cinderblock wall while performing a go-around.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/pilot-burned-small-plane-crash-hemet/?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%20Manual&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0DHDIY-JICzDCRsDLGdcn1JWgokInRJn-9e7hR2GgouehyQLKZQoRS9W8
https://abc7.com/hemet-plane-crash-house/11935984/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/small-plane-crashes-in-backyard-of-southern-california-home/ar-AAYc8zN?cvid=97db80e9f07644558389ae3fc14b262e
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105212
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=18244
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N18244/history/20220607/1606Z/KREI/KHMT
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/6/56057_1606440291.jpg (photo)
Location
Images:
Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jun-2022 19:59 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 07-Jun-2022 20:44 | Captain Adam | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 08-Jun-2022 00:26 | johnwg | Updated [Time, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative, Category] |
| 08-Jun-2022 00:33 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 08-Jun-2022 03:03 | johnwg | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Narrative] |
| 08-Jun-2022 03:10 | johnwg | Updated [Category] |
| 08-Jun-2022 06:30 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 08-Jun-2022 09:22 | RobertMB | Updated [Location, Phase, Narrative] |
| 08-Jun-2022 13:02 | johnwg | Updated [Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jun-2022 15:09 | RobertMB | Updated [Location] |
| 13-Jun-2022 17:59 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities] |
| 15-Jun-2022 23:18 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 26-Apr-2024 20:57 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source, Narrative, Accident report, Photo] |
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