Beech 58TC accident near Avalon, CA
On August 2, 2002, a Beech 58TC (airplane) was involved in an accident near Avalon, CA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 2, 2002
- Place
- Avalon, CA
- Aircraft
- Beech 58TC · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.415°N, 118.416°W
- NTSB ID
- 20020807X01323
Official records · LAX02FA247
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 2, 2002, at 1415 Pacific daylight time, a Beech 58TC, N2102L, impacted a berm and fell down a cliff during a landing overrun on runway 4 at Catalina Airport (AVX), Avalon, California. The pilot/owner operated the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The airplane was destroyed in the post impact fire. The multiengine-instrumented rated private pilot and one passenger were fatally injured. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed for the cross-country flight, and no flight plan had been filed. The flight departed Phoenix Deer Valley Airport (DVT), Phoenix, Arizona, at 1100 the morning of the accident, with an intended destination of AVX. The wreckage was located at global positioning system (GPS) of 33 degrees 24.55 minutes north latitude and 118 degrees 24.56 minutes west latitude. According to the AVX airport operations supervisor, the conditions at the airport were clearing enough for the pilots to see the airport, and then the next moment the sky would become overcast again. He described it as a "donut style" overcast layer where it was clear over the airport, but the overcast layer circled the circumference of the airport. Two airplanes that landed prior to the accident airplane used runway 22. The airport operations supervisor reported that the airplanes circled over the airport for 20 minutes before landing. The airport operations supervisor stated that sky conditions became obscured again for runway 22, and the accident airplane circled to land on runway 4. Reported winds at the time were variable at 4 to 6 knots. Prior to
Probable cause
the pilot's misjudged distance and speed during the landing approach, which resulted in an overrun of the runway. Also causal was the pilot's failure to conduct a go-around during the approach, or abort the landing when an overrun became obvious.
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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.
