ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 43598
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| Date: | Friday 18 July 2008 |
| Time: | 00:00 |
| Type: |  Rans S-14 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N923GN |
| MSN: | 0393064 |
| Engine model: | Rotax 528 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Benson, AZ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | MARANA, AZ (AVQ) |
| Benson, AZ (E95) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On July 18, 2008, at an unknown time, an experimental Nichols Rans, Inc., S-14, N923GN, collided with terrain about 1 mile south of the Benson Municipal Airport, Benson, Arizona. The pilot was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91. The certificated commercial pilot was killed; the airplane sustained substantial damage. The cross-country flight departed Marana Regional Airport, Tucson, Arizona, at an unknown time, with a planned destination of Benson Municipal Airport before continuing to Idabel, Oklahoma. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a visual flight rules (VFR) flight plan had been filed.
The pilot departed Marana Regional Airport at an unknown time to deliver the airplane to the new owner in Oklahoma. The National Transportation Safety Board was provided with receipt for 8.00 gallons of fuel purchased at 1120 from Marana Airport on the day of the accident.
According to Federal Aviation Administration records, the registration certificate for the airplane had been terminated. No airworthiness certificate was located in the airplane wreckage.
A 911 call came into the Benson Police Department Dispatch Center about 1300 mountain standard time (MST), from a local area resident who had been driving to the airport the day of the accident. He and a companion in the car noticed a tail sticking up from behind a hill adjacent to the road. They went to investigate the site and found the airplane and pilot.
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Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20080804X01147&key=1
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2008 00:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:24 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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