# Accident 20010114001359A: Beech 65A90, Lake Point, UT, January 14, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 2001, 17:30 local time
- Place: Lake Point, UT
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6833° N, 112.3500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6833&lon=-112.3500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N616F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N616F-2002-01-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 65-A90 (registry code 1152908, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-a90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65A90
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 9
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN01FA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01FA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010114001359A

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON JANUARY 14, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 17:30 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME (MST), A BEECH MODEL BE-65-A90, N616F, OPERATED BY THE PILOT WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH AND SANK IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE, 23 STATUTE MILES WEST OF THE SALT LAKE CITY VORTAC ON THE 224 DEGREE RADIAL. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT AND HIS EIGHT PASSENGERS WERE FATALLY INJURED.  WEATHER CONDITIONS REPORTED AT THE TIME: WINDS 330 AT 6, VISIBILITY 0.5 MILES, LIGHT SNOW, MIST, CLOUDS BROKEN 500, OVERCAST 900.  A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED BY THE PILOT WITH RENO FLIGHT SERVICE STATION BUT WAS NOT ACTIVATED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT BEING CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR 91.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN MESQUITE, NEVADA (69L) AT APPROXIMATELY 16:15 MST.  PRELIMINARY INFORMATION INDICATES THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO TRANSPORT A GROUP OF SKYDIVERS BACK TO THEIR HOME "JUMP BASE" OF TOOELE, UTAH AFTER SENDING A WEEKEND IN MESGUITA, NV.  THE GROUP OF JUMPERS FROM SKYDIVER UTAH HAD TRAVELED TO MESQUITE SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR TO PRACTICE THEIR SKILLS IN BETTER WEATHER CONDITIONS.  THIS WAS A RETURN FLIGHT FROM SUCH A WEEKEND OF PRACTICES.  A REVIEW OF PILOT INFORMATION FROM FAA AIRMAN INFORMATION REPORTS INDICATES THE PILOT H ELD A FIRST CLASS AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT CERTIFICATE/AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND AND COMMERICAL PILOT/AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND CERTIFICATES. A FIRST CLASS MEDICAL WAS ISSUED ON JULY 31, 2000.

## 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 DEN01FA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01FA041), Jan 15, 2001: Beech 65-A90 (N616F), Lake Point, UT, destroyed, 9 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's exercise of poor judgment and his failure to maintain a safe altitude/clearance above the water. Contributing factors were the weather conditions that included low ceiling and visibility…

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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