Beech 95-B55 (T42A) accident near Pacific Grove, CA
On July 27, 2025, a Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (airplane) was involved in an accident near Pacific Grove, CA. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- July 27, 2025
- Place
- Pacific Grove, CA
- Aircraft
- Beech 95-B55 (T42A) · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 36.628°N, 121.941°W
- NTSB ID
- 20250727200637
NTSB summary
On July 26, 2025, about 2237 Pacific daylight time, a Beech 95-B55, N8976R, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Pacific Grove, California. The pilot and two passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. Review of recorded radio communications from the Northern California Terminal Radar Approach Control (NorCal Approach) revealed that the pilot requested flight following to Monterey Regional Airport (MRY), Monterey, California, after departure from San Carlos Airport (SQL), San Carlos, California. The controller provided a transponder code and advised the pilot to remain outside of the San Francisco Class Bravo airspace, to which the pilot acknowledged. The recordings depicted that the pilot had 3 frequency changes spanning the following 32 minutes. About 17 minutes after the pilot had obtained flight following, the controller obtained a Pilot Report (PIREP) from an airplane landing at MRY and quired the pilot if copied the PIREP, which the pilot acknowledged. The pilot then informed the controller he had obtained the current weather for MRY and requested the instrument landing system (ILS) 10R approach. Subsequently, the pilot was cleared to MRY via the ILS 10R approach. During the approach, the controller saw that the airplane had descended below the minimum vectoring altitude, and quired the pilot as to whether he was going around. The pilot replied “yes,” he was going around and requested vectors back to ZEBED; the ILS initial approach fix. The controller issued
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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.
