Beechcraft C24R N60102

Summary

On 3 December 1984 at about 15:31 local time, a Beechcraft C24R registered N60102, operated by California Aviation, was involved in an accident near Rialto, California, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

3 December 1984 at 15:31

Classification

Accident

Location

Rialto, California, United States

Coordinates

34.1003, -117.3804

Aircraft

Beechcraft C24R

Registration

N60102

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

California Aviation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Tuscon → San Jose

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Dawn

NTSB number

LAX85LA057

1 person was seriously injured.

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

AT ABOUT 0730 PST, WITNESSES NEAR THE LYTLE CREEK RANGER STATION, LOCATED NORTHWEST OF RIALTO, CA, HEARD AN ACFT CIRCLING LOW IN THE AREA, THEN HEARD THE SOUND OF IMPACT NEARBY. THE WX AT THE TIME WAS DESCRIBED AS OVERCAST WITH ZERO VISIBILITY IN FOG & LIGHT DRIZZLE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT WHEN THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT TELEPHONED THE TUCSON, AZ, FSS FOR A WX BRIEFING, HE WAS ADVISED THAT VISUAL FLIGHT RULES FLT TO SAN JOSE, CA, WAS NOT RECOMMENDED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.