Beech 95 C55 accident near Mountain Ranch, CA
On June 9, 2017, a Beech 95 C55 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Mountain Ranch, CA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 9, 2017
- Place
- Mountain Ranch, CA
- Aircraft
- Beech 95 C55 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 38.831°N, 122.711°W
- NTSB ID
- 20170614X20504
Official records · WPR17FA125
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn June 9, 2017, at 1430 Pacific daylight time, a Beech 95-C55, N3717Q, impact heavily forested terrain near Mountain Ranch, California. The commercial pilot was fatally injured, and the airplane was destroyed. The pilot/owner operated the airplane as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. Marginal visual meteorological conditions prevailed in the area of the accident site and no flight plan was filed for the flight, which departed Del Mar Farms Airport (CN99), Patterson, California, at 1348 and was destined for Columbia Airport (O22), Columbia, California. Radar track data for the accident flight indicated that the airplane departed CN99 about 1348 and flew directly toward O22, located about 46 nautical miles (nm) northeast. The airplane climbed and maintained an altitude of 2,600 ft mean sea level (msl) until it was about 4 nm from O22, which was located at an elevation about 2,120 ft msl. The data indicated that, at that point, the airplane began a climb, then turned northwest toward Calaveras County Airport/Maury Rasmussen Field (CPU), San Andreas, California, about 13 nm northwest of O22. The airplane climbed to 4,000 ft msl before entering a descent. The airplane continued in a right turn and data was lost at 1413:29 with the airplane on a northeast heading at an altitude of 3,649 ft msl about 1 nm north of the accident site. The pilot was not in contact with air traffic control during the accident flight. An Alert Notice (ALNOT) was issued; the airplane was subsequently located by the Calaveras County Sheriff's Department on
Probable cause
The pilot's continued visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions and mountain obscuration that resulted in controlled flight into trees and terrain.
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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.
