Beech 65-A90 accident near Lake Point, UT
On January 15, 2001, a Beech 65-A90 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Lake Point, UT. 9 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- January 15, 2001
- Place
- Lake Point, UT
- Aircraft
- Beech 65-A90 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 9 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 40.683°N, 112.350°W
- NTSB ID
- 20010126X00364
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On January 14, 2001, at 1729 mountain standard time, a Beech 65-A90, N616F, owned by Flanagan Enterprises (Nevada), Inc., and operated by a private individual doing business as Skydive Salt Lake, was destroyed when it collided with water while descending over the Great Salt Lake near Lake Point, Utah. The airline transport certificated pilot and eight passengers were fatally injured. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed, and a VFR (visual flight rules) flight plan had been filed but was never activated. The personal flight was being conducted under 14 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) Part 91, and originated at Mesquite, Nevada, approximately 1615. According to Skydive Salt Lake employees, the pilot and passengers had flown to Mesquite on January 12 to sky dive, and were returning to Tooele, Utah, when the accident occurred. The pilot telephoned the Reno, Nevada, Flight Service Station (FSS) at 1526 and filed a VFR flight plan. The route of flight was from Mesquite direct to the Mormon Mesa VORTAC (Very high frequency Omnidirectional Radio range TACtical air navigation), then via V (Victor airway) 21 to the Fairfield VORTAC, then direct to the Tooele Airport. Using a true airspeed of 214 knots at 13,500 feet msl (mean sea level), the pilot estimated the time en route would be 1 hour, 23 minutes, and indicated there was 5 hours of fuel on board. He then requested and was given a standard weather briefing and was advised of an AIRMET (Airman's Meteorological Information) in effect from about Milford, Utah, north "for (occasional) moderate rime or m
Probable cause
the pilot's exercise of poor judgment and his failure to maintain a safe altitude/clearance above the water. Contributing factors were the weather conditions that included low ceiling and visibility obscured by snow and mist, an inadequately equipped airplane for flying in instrument meteorological conditions, and the pilot's overconfidence in his personal ability in that he had reportedly done th
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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.
