19891031049059A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech 77 · Kalihi, HI · October 31, 1989

Date
October 31, 1989 · 06:57 local
Place
Kalihi, HI
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
JMMA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3731X
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX90FA019
Reported as
Beech 77
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
562 total150 in this make and model182 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Flew into cloud obscured mountain during a traffic watch flight. Impact was in level flight.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO CLOUD OBSCURED MOUNTAIN DURING A TRAFFIC WATCH FLIGHT. IMPACT WAS IN LEVEL FLIGHT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.