ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 323797
Date: | Friday 12 February 1999 |
Time: | 10:30 |
Type: | Beechcraft C99 Commuter |
Owner/operator: | Ameriflight |
Registration: | N205RA |
MSN: | U-205 |
Year of manufacture: | 1983 |
Total airframe hrs: | 20522 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-36 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 29 km NE of Bishop Airport, CA (BIH) -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Tonopah Airport, NV (TPH/KTPH) |
Destination airport: | Bishop Airport, CA (BIH/KBIH) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The flight departed Tonopah at 09:30 for a 73-mile VFR flight to Bishop. The aircraft was not carrying cargo at the time of the accident. The Beech failed to arrive at the destination; search efforts were initiated and the wreckage was subsequently found February 14 on the eastern slopes of White Mountain in the Inyo National Forest at 9,500 feet.
A witnesses observed the aircraft flying between 7,000 and 8,000 feet msl as it entered Trace Plumas Canyon on White Mountain and begin a gradual left turn. The aircraft then disappeared from view. The canyon leads to the accident site. According to the operator, the pilot had successfully bid on a captain position on larger equipment and this was to be his last trip along this route. Several acquaintances of the pilot located at Tonopah reported that he intended to take a camera with him and photograph some scenic locations along this route.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's failure to follow procedures and directives and his failure to maintain clearance from mountainous terrain.".
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | LAX99FA096 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years and 6 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA); January 1994
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