ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 37269
Last updated: 25 May 2013
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| Date: | 18-FEB-1999 |
| Time: | 1745 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 95-B55 |
| Operator: | private |
| Registration: | N125TW |
| C/n / msn: | TC-1617 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Coalinga, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Sacramento, CA (SAC) |
| Fullerton, CA (FUL) |
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. CAUSE: the pilot's inadvertant visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions.
Sources:
NTSB: http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001205X00180
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
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