Beech 95-B55 accident near Goleta, CA
On November 20, 1996, a Beech 95-B55 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Goleta, CA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- November 20, 1996
- Place
- Goleta, CA
- Aircraft
- Beech 95-B55 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 34.499°N, 120.120°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001208X07056
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 20, 1996, at 1108 hours Pacific standard time, a Beech 95-B55, N210WW, impacted mountainous terrain at Goleta, California, while being radar vectored for an instrument approach to Santa Barbara, California. The aircraft was destroyed and the private pilot was fatally injured. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed and the aircraft was operating on an instrument flight plan. The aircraft departed Long Beach, California, at 1024. The pilot contacted the Hawthorne (California) Automated Flight Service Station at 0806 on the morning of the accident and requested a briefing for a flight from Long Beach to Santa Barbara. The pilot then filed two IFR flight plans: one for the flight to Santa Barbara and the second for the return flight to Long Beach later in the day. The aircraft departed Long Beach at 1024 and the pilot proceeded via a series of radar vectors until checking in with Santa Barbara TRACON, east radar, at 1052 in the vicinity of KWANG intersection, 22 miles east of Santa Barbara at 4,000 feet. After passing KWANG, the pilot was given radar vectors to the ILS runway 7 final approach course at Santa Barbara. The aircraft first flew a downwind leg on a westbound heading south of the airport, during which the aircraft was instructed to maintain an airspeed of at least 160 knots. At 1100, when the aircraft was approximately 5 miles south of the airport still on a westbound heading, the pilot was given a frequency change to the Santa Barbara TRACON west radar frequency. After checking in with the west radar controller, the aircraft was
Probable cause
failure of the pilot to maintain control of the aircraft during an instrument approach, due to spatial disorientation, and/or his failure to maintain proper altitude. Factors relating to the accident were: the pilot's delay (or failure) to initiate a missed approach, and his lack of instrument competency.
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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.
