# Accident 19960119000779A: Beech E55, Cedarville, CA, January 19, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 1996, 21:47 local time
- Place: Cedarville, CA
- Airport: Cedarville Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4810° N, 120.1402° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4810&lon=-120.1402&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4088A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4088A-1996-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E-55 (registry code 1152732, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E55
- Reported engine: CONT IO520C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 704 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX96FA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96FA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960119000779A

## Narrative

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

MOUNTAIN WAVE NEAR CRASH AREA. VERTICAL DESCENT INTO LAKE. INDICATES LOST CONTROL DESCENDING THRU LENTICULAR CLOUDS

## 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 LAX96FA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96FA096), Jan 20, 1996: Beech 55 (N4088A), Cedarville, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's poor preflight planning by not obtaining a weather briefing and his inadvertent encounter with a mountain wave condition. The moonless dark night was a factor in this accident.

## Other reports on N4088A (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19921208051449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921208051449I), Dec 8, 1992: Beech E55 (N4088A), Owensboro, KY. Unable to lower gear at greenwood,pilot returned to tell city and landed gear up.

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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