Beech 58 accident near Castle Rock, CO
On June 21, 1996, a Beech 58 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Castle Rock, CO. 4 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 21, 1996
- Place
- Castle Rock, CO
- Aircraft
- Beech 58 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 39.370°N, 104.850°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001208X05957
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 21, 1996, at 1448 mountain daylight time (all times are mountain daylight time unless otherwise noted), a Beech 58, N94ZR, impacted the ground while maneuvering approximately 5 miles southeast of Castle Rock, Colorado. The private pilot and his three passengers received fatal injuries and the aircraft was destroyed. The flight was operating under Title 14 CFR Part 91 and a visual flight rules flight plan was on file. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed in the accident area for this personal flight which originated at 1302 from Albuquerque, New Mexico. At 1250, the pilot of 94ZR called Albuquerque Clearance Delivery and requested a VFR (visual flight rules) departure with flight following to Denver, Colorado, Centennial Airport, with a cruise altitude of 11,500 feet msl (above mean sea level). He was issued a departure radio communications frequency and VFR transponder code. The aircraft taxied to runway 17 at Albuquerque International Airport and departed for Centennial Airport at 1302. At 1359 Albuquerque Center (ARTCC) issued the pilot of N94ZR a frequency change to Denver ARTCC who gave the pilot the Trinidad, Colorado, altimeter and issued a hazardous weather bulletin for Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. At 1418, Denver ARTCC passed N94ZR to Pueblo, Colorado, Approach Control for transit through their area. Approach Control issued the Pueblo altimeter to N94ZR and advised them of a weather area northeast of Pueblo moving northeast. N94ZR advised that he saw the weather on his radar. Approach Control asked N94ZR if he was going west of
Probable cause
failure of the pilot to maintain sufficient altitude and/or clearance from terrain, while reversing course to exit adverse weather conditions. Factors relating to the accident were: the adverse weather conditions (thunderstorm, low ceiling and reduced visibility), the pilot's inaccurate weather evaluation, and his inadvertent flight into known adverse weather conditions.
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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.
