Beechcraft N35 N9350Y

Summary

On 21 February 1983 at about 08:00 local time, a Beechcraft N35 registered N9350Y, operated by Richard K Walsh, was involved in an accident near Mount Shasta, California, United States. 5 people were on board and 5 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

21 February 1983 at 08:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Mount Shasta, California, United States

Coordinates

41.3105, -122.3198

Aircraft

Beechcraft N35

Registration

N9350Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Richard K Walsh

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Upland → Ashland

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX83FA350

5 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

THE ACFT FLEW INTO MT REDDY AT ABOUT 9000 FT LEVEL. THE CLOUDS WERE AS LOW AS 5000 AND THE MOUNTAIN TOPS WERE OBSCURED. THE PLTS IN FLT WX BRIEFING CONTAINED THE ADVICE THAT VFR FLT ALONG HIS ROUTE WAS NOT RECOMMENDED BECAUSE THE MT TOPS WERE OBSCURED IN CLOUDS. THE FREEZING LEVEL WAS ALSO REPORTED AS 9000-16000 FT. THERE WERE NO FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE ACFT. LOCAL RESIDENTS IN THE AREA OF THE CRASH SAID THAT THE MTS AT THAT POINT WERE IN THE CLOUDS. THE ACFT WAS REPORTED MISSING IN 2/21/83. IT WAS FOUND BY HIKERS ON 7/23/83.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.