Beech 35-33 accident near Monterey, CA
On October 15, 2000, a Beech 35-33 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Monterey, CA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- October 15, 2000
- Place
- Monterey, CA
- Aircraft
- Beech 35-33 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 36.613°N, 121.871°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X22181
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On October 15, 2000, about 1244 Pacific daylight time, a Beech 35-33, N1344G, operated by the pilot, experienced an in-flight loss of control during initial climb from the Monterey Peninsula Airport, Monterey, California. Thereafter, while in an uncontrolled descent, the airplane impacted and sank into an area of the Pacific Ocean known as the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, about 2 miles northwest of the airport from where the pilot had departed about 1242. The personal flight to Sacramento, California, was performed under 14 CFR Part 91. The airplane was destroyed, and the noninstrument rated private pilot and pilot-rated passenger were fatally injured. After issuing the pilot of N1344G a special visual flight rules (SFVR) departure clearance, at 1241:24, the Monterey Airport local air traffic controller cleared N1344G to takeoff from runway 28L, and the airplane departed. At 1244:45, the controller stated "Bonanza four four golf radar contact lost say altitude." The controller did not receive any reply from the airplane. A pilot-witness, in another airplane waiting in sequence for takeoff behind the accident pilot, provided a statement to the National Transportation Safety Board investigator regarding her observations. According to this witness, the pilot occupied the left seat in the accident airplane, and the instrument rated passenger was in the right seat. The airplane's acceleration and initial climb appeared normal. The witness lost sight of the airplane seconds after it departed when it entered the base of the overlying layer of clouds lo
Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision by which he conducted visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions and his failure to maintain control of the airplane. Contributing factors were low ceiling, spatial disorientation and lack of instrument rating.
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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.
