19941116038319A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech C-99 · Avenal, CA · November 16, 1994

Date
November 16, 1994 · 02:40 local
Place
Avenal, CA
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
JIKA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N63995
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX95FA035
Reported as
Beech C99
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A36
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
4,880 total

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What happened

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Spiralled out of control from assigned FL100. Impact near vertical. No anomalies. Indicates pilot fell asleep.

As the FAA filed it

SPIRALLED OUT OF CONTROL FROM ASSIGNED FL100. IMPACT NEAR VERTICAL. NO ANOMALIES. INDICATES PILOT FELL ASLEEP.

NTSB investigation

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Other reports on N63995 · 2

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