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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech 95-A55 · Pine Mountain, CA · September 19, 1993

Date
September 19, 1993 · 20:15 local
Place
Pine Mountain, CA
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9778Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX93FA360
Reported as
Beech 95A55
Reported engine
Continental IO470L
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
2,600 total

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What happened

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

Struck trees on mountainside in level cruise flight. Dark night flying below moca. No weather restrictions.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK TREES ON MOUNTAINSIDE IN LEVEL CRUISE FLIGHT. DARK NIGHT FLYING BELOW MOCA. NO WEATHER RESTRICTIONS.

NTSB investigation

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