Raytheon Aircraft Company A36 accident near Somis, CA
On July 1, 2006, a Raytheon Aircraft Company A36 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Somis, CA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- July 1, 2006
- Place
- Somis, CA
- Aircraft
- Raytheon Aircraft Company A36 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 2 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 34.273°N, 119.072°W
- NTSB ID
- 20060708X00900
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On July 1, 2006, about 1140 Pacific daylight time, a Raytheon Aircraft Company A36, N615M, impacted level terrain near Somis, California. The pilot/owner operated the airplane under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The private pilot and one passenger sustained serious injuries, two other passengers were killed. A majority of the airplane was thermally consumed in the post impact fire. The personal cross-country flight departed Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA), Santa Barbara, California, at 1100 en route to Wiley Post Airport, Bethany, Oklahoma. Day visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed. The manager at the Hawthorne Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS), Hawthorne, California, reported that the pilot received an abbreviated weather briefing the morning of the accident, but did not file a flight plan. The pilot indicated his destination for the day was Wiley Post Airport via Prescott, Arizona, and New Mexico. The following morning (July 2) the route of flight was through Indiana and New England, with an ultimate destination of New Hampshire. According to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Quality Assurance specialist (AWP 505), the flight departed SBA about 1100. The pilot requested a direct flight at 9,500 feet to Prescott. At 1129, Southern California Terminal Radar Approach Control (SCT) radar identified the accident airplane 20 nautical miles (nm) southeast of SBA. The SCT controller was in contact with the pilot for 3.5 minutes. During this time the pilot indicated that he want
Probable cause
a ground collision during an emergency landing for undetermined reasons.
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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.
