Beechcraft 95-B55 N125TW

Summary

On 19 February 1999 at about 01:45 local time, a Beechcraft 95-B55 registered N125TW was involved in an accident near Coalinga, California, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

19 February 1999 at 01:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Coalinga, California, United States

Coordinates

36.1898, -120.3909

Aircraft

Beechcraft 95-B55

Registration

N125TW

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sacramento → Fullerton

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

Unk

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX99FA104

2 people died.

the pilot's inadvertant visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot and passenger had flown to northern California for dental work to be performed on the pilot. On the return trip they were receiving VFR advisories from ATC. They were maintaining VFR on top at 14,500 feet msl. A voice thought to be the passenger, who was a rated pilot, transmitted 'we're in big trouble up here' followed by other incomplete or unreadable transmissions. The airplane was lost from radar and radio contact. The wreckage was located in mountainous terrain. The airplane had collided with terrain while in a near vertical attitude. The pilot had obtained a preflight weather briefing prior to flight, and VFR was not recommended. A formal weather study indicated that the airplane most likely flew into clouds. Conditions were conducive for light to moderate rime icing in clouds at the airplane's flight altitude. The time was 11 minutes before official sunset in cloudy conditions.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.