# Accident 20061227027799A: Beech A36, CA, December 27, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 2006, 13:30 local time
- Place: CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7519° N, 118.6561° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7519&lon=-118.6561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4598S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4598S-2014-10-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 1,334 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX07LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07LA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061227027799A

## Narrative

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

(-23) 12/27/06: APPROX 1300 LCL TIME, DEPARTED WJF VFR ENROUTE TO O23 (RANCHERO AIRPORT, CHICO, CA). AIRCRAFT CRASHED (DESTROYED) 2.5 MILES SOUTH OF NEENOCH (290TH WEST AND HWY 138). 12/28/06: INTERVIEW WITH PILOT AT ANTELOPE VALLEY HOSPITAL: STATED THAT HE ENCOUNTERED EXTREME TURBULENCE AND DOWNDRAFTS WHILE VFR ON TOP AT 12,500. DOWNDRAFT CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO PENETRATE CLOUD LAYERS BELOW. PILOT LOST CONTROL AND BEGAN "DEATH SPIRAL." RECOVERED AND RE-ENTERED SPIRAL. DURING RECOVERY FROM SPIRAL, MADE GROUND CONTACT AND ATTEMPTED TO DIRECT IMPACT ON "UPHILL" SLOPE TO ABSORB MOST ENERGY. PILOT INJURIES SERIOUS, BUT NOT LIFE THREATENING: BROKEN RIGHT ARM, FACIAL LACERATIONS, BRUISED/BROKEN RIBS, INJURED SPINE.

## 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 LAX07LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07LA065), Dec 27, 2006: Beech A36 (N4598S), Lake Hughes, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning/preparation and attempted flight into known adverse weather during cruise, and his failure to maintain an adequate airspeed margin that resulted in a…

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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