Beech A24R accident near Yakima, WA
On September 3, 1995, a Beech A24R (airplane) was involved in an accident near Yakima, WA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 3, 1995
- Place
- Yakima, WA
- Aircraft
- Beech A24R · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 46.720°N, 120.411°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001207X04586
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On September 2, 1995, approximately 1825 Pacific daylight time, a Beech A24R, N9726Q, collided with a tree during low-level maneuvering about 16 miles southwest of Yakima, Washington. The private pilot, who was the sole occupant, received fatal injuries, and the aircraft was destroyed. The local personal pleasure flight, which departed Yakima Air Terminal about 1800, was being operated in visual meteorological conditions at the time of the accident. No flight plan had been filed, and there was no report of an ELT activation. According to witnesses in the area, the pilot had been performing "aerobatic type" maneuvers and making low passes at numerous locations near the accident site. During the pullout from one of the maneuvers, the aircraft impacted a coniferous tree. Witnesses reported that the airplane had been observed performing aerobatic maneuvers over the pilot's neighbors as they worked on a bulldozer in front of their house. The maneuvers included steep turns, inverted flight, and wing-overs. The airplane was observed to make a steep right-hand turn to a heading which resulted in it heading almost directly toward the group of individuals gathered around the bulldozer. As the airplane rolled wings level, the nose was lowered or dropped, and the aircraft struck an 80-foot tall pine tree with its right wing tip, severing five feet of the outer wing panel. The aircraft immediately rolled to the right and crashed inverted into a creek bed. Four witnesses who were standing about 50 feet from the impact site were interviewed, and all reported that the air
Probable cause
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CLEARANCE FROM A TREE. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE PILOT'S POOR JUDGMENT AND OSTENTATIOUS DISPLAY TO BUZZ.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
