# Accident 20001001040299A: Beech A36TC, Sanjuanbautista, CA, October 1, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 2000, 20:10 local time
- Place: Sanjuanbautista, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1158° N, 119.6815° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1158&lon=-119.6815&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36TV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36TV-2003-09-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36TC (registry code 1151603, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36TC
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX01FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01FA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001001040299A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 1, 2000, ABOUT 2010 HOURS PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH A 36TC, N36TV, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN NEAR SAN JUAN BAUTISTA, CA. THE AIRPLANE WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.  THE PERSONAL FLIGHT DEPARTED MAMMOTH LAKES, CA, ABOUT 1845 EN ROUTE TO WATSONVILLE, CA.  INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE PLANE WAS IN CONTACT WITH OAKLAND AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC CONTRAL CENTER, AND THEN CONTROL WAS PASSED TO MONTEREY APPROACH CONTROL AT 2002. AT 2008, THE AIRPLANE WAS ASSIGNED A NEW FREQUENCY AS IT MOVED INTO A DIFFERENT SECTOR.  AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL REPORTED THE AIRPLANE WAS LEVEL AT 8,000 FEET.  THE PILOT REPEATED THE FREQUENCY AND SAID HE WAS GOING TO SPIRAL DOWN THROUGH A HOLE IN THE CLOUDS.  THE AIRPLANE DID NOT CHECK IN ON THE NEW FREQUENCY.

## 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 LAX01FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01FA001), Oct 2, 2000: Beech A36TC (N36TV), San Juan Batist, CA, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's in-flight decision to continue flight into instrument weather conditions at an altitude that did not maintain an adequate terrain clearance, which resulted in a collision with terrain.…

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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