# Accident 20001015036169A: Beech 35BEECH, Monterey, CA, October 15, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 2000, 12:44 local time
- Place: Monterey, CA
- Airport: Monterey Peninsula
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6128° N, 121.8711° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6128&lon=-121.8711&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1344G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1344G-2001-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-33 (registry code 1151402, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35BEECH
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX01FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01FA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001015036169A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 15, 2000, N1344G A BEECHCRAFT MODEL 35-33 DEPARTED MONTEREY AIRPORT AT APPROX. 12:42 LOCAL TIME. AT APPROX. 12:44 AND ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE MONTEREY AIRPORT AIRPORT IN MONTEREY BAY, SEVERAL WITNESSES SAW THE A/C FLY OUT OF THE CLOUDS AND DIVING FOR THE WATER THEY THEN REPORTED THE A/C PULLED UP AND THEN DIVED BACK IMPACTING THE WATER.

## 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 LAX01FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01FA014), Oct 15, 2000: Beech 35-33 (N1344G), Monterey, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision by which he conducted visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions and his failure to maintain control of the airplane. Contributing…

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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