Beechcraft B95A N569T
15 March 1998 · Little River, California, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 15 March 1998 at about 22:40 local time, a Beechcraft B95A registered N569T was involved in an accident near Little River, California, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 22:40
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Little River, California, United States
- Coordinates
- 39.2598, -123.7606
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft B95A
- Registration
- N569T
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Little River → Woodland
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- LAX98FA113
People
4 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
the pilot's inadvertent visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's improper weather evaluation.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The VFR pilot and passengers departed into an approximate 500-foot agl stratus deck off the end of the coastal runway. Witnesses observed the aircraft enter the stratus, come out, re-enter at a steep angle, and then descend from the stratus into the terrain.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Beechcraft B95A accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Dec 1999 | Beechcraft B95A | Maizal, Dominican Republic | Meridian Voyager, Inc. | Fatal | 1 |
| 23 Apr 1999 | Beechcraft B95A | Fountain, Florida, United States | Ronald E. Pressley | Fatal | 1 |
| 17 Apr 1995 | Beechcraft B95A | Freeport, Bahamas | Callaway, Lawrence D. | No injuries | - |
| 26 Oct 2001 | Beechcraft B95A | Pittstown, New Jersey, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 30 Sep 2004 | Beechcraft B95A | Burlington, Wisconsin, United States | - | Fatal | 3 |
| 20 Apr 1986 | Beechcraft B95A | St. Augustine, Florida, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 1998 | Cessna 152 | Avalon, California, United States | Orange County Flight Center | Fatal | 1 |
| 5 Oct 1998 | Grumman TS-2A | Banning, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 15 Aug 1998 | North American NAVION | Salinas, California, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 21 Aug 1998 | Bell 206B | Salinas, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 21 Aug 1998 | Robinson R22B | Ramona, California, United States | Civic Helicopters | No injuries | - |
| 27 Aug 1998 | Aerospatiale SA316B | Porterville, California, United States | U.s. Dept. of the Interior | No injuries | - |