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Corporate Owned: 137,281
Lone Pine Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Lone Pine, California 93545
Sunday, July 28, 2013 15:16 MST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On July 28, 2013, about 1516 Pacific daylight time, a Beech 35-B33, N82182, experienced a loss of engine power immediately after departing Lone Pine Airport, Lone Pine, California. The pilot executed a forced landing into desert terrain. All four occupants egressed the airplane with minor injuries, and a post accident fire ensued causing substantial damage. The airplane was registered to Sohail Air Ventures LLC, and operated by the private pilot, under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Aviation, Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, and a visual flight plan had not been filed. The flight originated at 1515 from Lone Pine Airport, and was destined for Corona, California.
The pilot stated that he diverted to Lone Pine Airport to wait out a weather system that was on their route of flight. About 1.5 hours after landing he decided to proceed on the planned route. He performed a full preflight and engine run up prior to departure. After takeoff he retracted the landing gear, and he noticed that the airplane was not climbing normally, and in fact, was in a slight descent. The engine started to sputter. The pilot performed a gear up forced landing. After the airplane stopped, he noticed a fire emanating from the left wing. His three passengers egressed through the right cabin door, and he followed. The fire spread and soon engulfed most of the airplane's cabin before firefighters arrived to put out the flames.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 7/28/2013 |
| Event Day of the Week | Sunday |
| Time of Event | 1516 |
| Event Time Zone | Mountain Standard Time |
| Event City | Lone Pine |
| Event State | CALIFORNIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 93545 |
| Event Date Year | 2013 |
| Event Date Month | 7 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 363429N |
| Event Location Longitude | 1180247W |
| Event Location Airport | Lone Pine |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | KO26 |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 1 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 3710 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1540 Pacific Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 360 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | KBIH |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 4124 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 49 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | PDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 11000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 7500 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Few |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 28 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 8 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 170 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 19 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 26 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29.91 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | 28/07/2013 22:40-> SPECI KBIH 282240Z AUTO 17019G |
| Event Highest Injury | Minor |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | 4 |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 4 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA Operations Center |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Aug 26 2013 1:59PM |
| User who most recently changed record | coos |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N82182 |
| NTSB Number | WPR13LA346 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | Ground |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | BEECH |
| Aircraft Model | 35-B33 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | CD-536 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | -- |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | 1 |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | 3 |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | -- |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | Sohail Air Ventures LLC |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | Orange |
| Aircraft Owner State | CA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 92869 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | Sohail Simjee |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | Orange |
| Operator State | CA |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 92869 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | KO26 |
| Departure City | Lone Pine |
| Departure State | CA |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1515 |
| Departure Time Zone | PDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | KAJO |
| Destination City | Corona |
| Destination State | CA |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Aug 26 2013 1:51PM |
| User who most recently changed record | coos |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 16 |
| Runway Length | 3991 |
| Runway Width | 60 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |