# Accident 19980315003359A: Beech B95A, Little River, CA, March 15, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 1998, 14:40 local time
- Place: Little River, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2598° N, 123.7606° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2598&lon=-123.7606&mi=10
- Aircraft: N569T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N569T-1998-08-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B95A (registry code 1153406, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b95a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B95A
- Reported engine: LYC IO360B1E
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 936 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX98FA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98FA113) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980315003359A

## Narrative

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

ENTERED FOG BANK ON CLIMBOUT. LOST CONTROL BROKE OUT RECOVERED. BACK INTO CLOUDS CAME OUT IN DIVE. STRUCK TREES. (.4)THE VFR PILOT AND PASSENGERS DEPARTED INTO AN APPROXIMATE 500-FOOT AGL STRATUS DECK OFF THE END OF THE COASTAL RUNWAY. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT ENTER THE STRATUS, COME OUT, RE-ENTER AT A STEEP ANGLE, AND THEN DESCEND FROM THE STRATUS INTO THE TERRAIN.                                      (-23)LAX98FA113

## 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 LAX98FA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98FA113), Mar 15, 1998: Beech B95A (N569T), Little River, CA, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's inadvertent visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's improper weather evaluation.

## Other reports on N569T (1)

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

- [Incident 19790312008549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790312008549I), Mar 12, 1979: Beech B95A (N569T), Sacramento, CA. Landed after engine lost power. Fuel control had failed internally.

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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