ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 37269
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| Date: | Thursday 18 February 1999 |
| Time: | 18:45 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft B55 Baron |
| Owner/operator: | Howard S. Goldman |
| Registration: | N125TW |
| MSN: | TC-1617 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2846 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-470-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Coalinga, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Sacramento, CA (SAC |
| Fullerton, CA (KFUL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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.
Probable Cause: the pilot's inadvertant visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX99FA104
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 26-Nov-2017 09:59 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jun-2023 04:05 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Operator, Source, Narrative]] |
| 08-Apr-2024 09:32 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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