ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 3521
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| Date: | Monday 11 May 1981 |
| Time: | 08:46 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 58P Baron |
| Owner/operator: | U.S. Forest Service |
| Registration: | N154Z |
| MSN: | TJ-244 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Redding, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Redding, CA |
| Chico, CA | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On Friday, May 8, 1981, this Forest Service owned and operated Beechcraft 58P (Baron) aircraft underwent a routine 50-hour inspection by a contractor in Redding, California. The aircraft was returned to the Forest Service late that same afternoon and remained in a locked Forest Service hangar facility until the morning of May 11, 1981.
It was on May 11, 1981 that this aircraft and a Forest Service pilot were to transport three Forest Service personnel to conduct a pre-season inspection of a contract airtanker located in Chico, California. The flight commenced at 0838 PDT with a takeoff from south to north out of the Redding Municipal Airport.
Shortly after takeoff, the pilot requested permission from the airport tower to return and land. Permission was immediately cleared to land on any runway. Based on eyewitness accounts, the aircraft swung to the left, passed over a Forest Service hangar, and then collided onto the roof of the southeastern corner of the fire cache building. The mishap occurred at 0846 PDT.
Though there were approximately 50 people in the fire cache at the time of the mishap, all escaped without injury. The four occupants of the Baron were fatally injured.
It was determined that the pilot lost control of the aircraft while reacting to the situation which had caused him to indicate to the tower that he was returning to land. The aircraft then stalled and impacted inverted into the fire cache warehouse at the Redding Airport
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/2840945_United_States_Department_of_Agriculture_Forest_Service
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Apr-2019 20:37 | BEAVERSPOTTER | Updated [Cn] |
| 01-May-2022 08:25 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
| 12-Nov-2022 02:45 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
| 29-May-2023 21:57 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Operator]] |
| 27-Jul-2023 14:01 | harro | Updated [[[Operator]]] |
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