Beechcraft 58 N140S

Summary

On 28 May 1981 at about 16:40 local time, a Beechcraft 58 registered N140S, operated by Shanair Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Avalon, California, United States. 3 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

28 May 1981 at 16:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Avalon, California, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Beechcraft 58

Registration

N140S

Category

Fixed-Wing

Engines

2

Operator

Shanair Inc.

Operating rule

Air Taxi Operator

Purpose of flight

Air Taxi-Passenger Operations

Phase of flight

In Flight

Route

S → Visalia, Ca

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Daylight

NTSB number

3-3578

2 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

AFT 3RD PASS, PULLED UP, BGN SLOW ROLL, NOSE DROPPED DRG LAST PART OF ROLL, HIT WTR.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.