# Accident 19970113000419A: Beech F33A, Mt San Jacinto, CA, January 13, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 1997, 14:39 local time
- Place: Mt San Jacinto, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N31706, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31706-2014-10-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F33A (registry code 1151425, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F33A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 416 total, 336 in this make and model, 87 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX97FA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97FA089) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970113000419A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO RISING TERRAIN IN IMC VFR AND 12 MILES FROM DESTINATION OF PSP. TRIED NEGOTIATE PASS. PRIOR DESTROYED. A3

## 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 LAX97FA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97FA089), Jan 13, 1997: Beech F33A (N31706), Mt San Jacinto, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: continued VFR flight by the pilot into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), and his failure to maintain proper altitude or clearance from mountainous terrain. Factors relating to the accident…

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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