Beech 36 accident near Livermore, CA
On December 23, 2005, a Beech 36 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Livermore, CA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- December 23, 2005
- Place
- Livermore, CA
- Aircraft
- Beech 36 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 37.694°N, 121.640°W
- NTSB ID
- 20051229X02031
NTSB summary
1.1 History of the Flight On December 23, 2005, at 1520 Pacific standard time, a Beech 36, N5942S, collided with hilly terrain 9 nautical miles east of the Livermore Municipal Airport, Livermore, California. The pilot was operating the airplane, which was registered to a private company, under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The private pilot and passenger sustained fatal injuries. The airplane sustained substantial damage. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed and the pilot requested and received a pop-up instrument flight rules (IFR) clearance about 1500. The flight originated from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, Santa Barbara, California, at 1342, and was destined for Livermore. 1.1.1 Air Traffic Control History and Radar Information Information obtained from Lockheed Martin Services, Inc. indicated that the pilot received an abbreviated weather briefing at 1002 from the Prescott Flight Service Station (FSS). After departing Santa Barbara, the pilot requested an additional abbreviated weather briefing via Flight Watch at 1439. The specialist advised the pilot that he should plan on an IFR approach to very low conditions at Livermore. About 1500, the pilot requested an IFR clearance into the Livermore airport from Oakland Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZOA). The center controller issued the clearance and handed the aircraft off to the Northern California Terminal Radar Approach Control (NCT). The pilot's first contact with NCT occurred at 1441, when the ZOA sector 10 controller contacted the NCT Morgan sector controller to coordinate an IFR clearance to Liv
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain the appropriate glidepath alignment during an instrument landing system approach, resulting in collision with terrain. A contributing factor to the accident was the failure of the air traffic controllers to issue a minimum safe altitude warning (MSAW) alert.
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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.
