Beech A36TC accident near Los Angeles, CA
On June 6, 2003, a Beech A36TC (airplane) was involved in an accident near Los Angeles, CA. 4 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 6, 2003
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA
- Aircraft
- Beech A36TC · Airplane
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 34.069°N, 118.351°W
- NTSB ID
- 20030630X00971
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 6, 2003, at 1555 Pacific daylight time, a Beech A36TC, N1856P, descended into a three-story apartment building in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles, California. The private pilot/owner operated the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. A post-impact fire destroyed the airplane. The pilot and three passengers sustained fatal injuries. One person in the apartment building sustained fatal injuries, and there were seven serious ground injuries. Day visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed. The personal cross-country flight departed the Santa Monica Municipal Airport (SMO), Santa Monica, California, at 1545, for an intermediate stopover in Las Vegas, Nevada. The final destination of the flight was Sun Valley, Idaho. The wreckage was at 34 degrees 04.908 minutes north latitude and 118 degrees 21.453 minutes west longitude. According to friends of the pilot, the purpose of the flight was to drop off his niece in Las Vegas and continue on to Sun Valley, where he was going to show his property to the other two passengers. When the airplane finally departed the pilot and passengers had been at the airport for at least 8 hours waiting for weather conditions to clear. The National Transportation Safety Board investigator-in-charge (IIC) reviewed official transcripts from the Hawthorne Automated Flight Service Station (HHR AFSS). At 0803, the pilot telephoned HHR AFSS and requested weather information for a VFR flight from SMO to Sun Valley. He also made a special request for weather information for a departure
Probable cause
the pilot's in-flight loss of control due to spatial disorientation, and failure to maintain airspeed, which resulted in a stall/spin. Also causal was the pilot's disregard of the weather information provided and his attempt to continue VFR flight into IMC. A factor in the accident was the pilot's self-induced pressure to complete the flight.
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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.
