# Accident 20040717018199A: Beech 58, Bishop, CA, July 17, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2004, 08:30 local time
- Place: Bishop, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1383° N, 118.6428° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1383&lon=-118.6428&mi=10
- Aircraft: N807Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N807Q-2013-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04FA271](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04FA271) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040717018199A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 17, 2004, THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER DEPARTED VISALIA, CA ON A FLIGHT TO BISHOP, CA. UPON ARRIVAL, AN ADDITIONAL PASSENGER BOARDED AND AT APPROXIMATELY 0815, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ON A VFR FLIGHT TO PASO ROBLES, CA. ABOUT 15 MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A GLACIER AT THE APPROXIMATE 12,600 FOOT LEVEL KILLING ALL THREE PASSENGERS. ABOUT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, A CLOUD LAYER WAS OBSERVED THAT MAY HAVE OBSTRUCTED THE ACCIDENT SITE.

## 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 LAX04FA271](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04FA271), Jul 17, 2004: Beech 58 (N807Q), Bishop, CA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's continued VFR flight into marginal weather conditions with lowering ceilings in a box canyon in mountainous terrain, and his subsequent inability to maintain an adequate airspeed while…

## Other reports on N807Q (2)

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

- [Incident 20030521009469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030521009469I), May 21, 2003: Beech 58 (N807Q), Visalia, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Left main landing gear collapsed while taxiing. Cause of gear collapse to be determined at a later time.
- [Incident 19850103005819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850103005819I), Jan 3, 1985: Beech 58 (N807Q), Seattle, WA, Minor damage. As aircraft turned onto runway pilot heard thump. Returned to gate. Gouge in prop blade. Unable to locate cause.

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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