# Accident 19900720027569A: Beech B36TC, El Cajon, CA, July 20, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1990, 05:56 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7505° N, 117.8503° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7505&lon=-117.8503&mi=10
- Aircraft: N72035, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N72035-1990-09-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B36TC (registry code 1151609, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b36tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B36TC
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520UB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 850 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX90FA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90FA260) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900720027569A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DEPARTED INTO FOG AND CLOUD OBSCURED HILLS CRASHED IN RESIDENTIAL AREA.HYDROCODONE AND ACETAMINOPHEN FOUND IN LIVER

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX90FA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90FA260), Jul 20, 1990: Beech B36TC (N72035), Santee, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S DECISION TO ATTEMPT VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, AND HIS LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO SPATIAL DISORIENTATION. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE PILOT'S…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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