# Accident 20090205001189A: Beech A36, Santa Catalina, CA, February 5, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 2009, 16:42 local time
- Place: Santa Catalina, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 33.3789° N, 118.4211° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3789&lon=-118.4211&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66819, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66819-2017-06-07) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09FA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09FA112) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090205001189A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CATALINA AIRPORT, CA (KAVX) AT APPROXIMATELY 16:39 PST ENROUTE TO JOHN WAYNE, CA (KSNA).  SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, AIRCRAFT IMPACTED GROUND NEAR MT. ORIZABA AT APPROXIMATELY 16:42 PST.  POST IMPACT FIRE CONSUMED MAJOR PORTION OF FUSELAGE AREA.  PRELIMINARY AIRCRAFT EXAMINATION SHOWS ENGINE WAS DEVELOPING POWER AT TIME OF IMPACT.  PREVAILING WEATHER AT KAVX AT THE TIME OF DEPARTURE WAS WIND 210 DEGREES AT 14 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 23 KNOTS, VISIBILITY ¾ SM AND MIST, 200 FEET BROKEN AND 700 FEET OVERCAST CEILING.  (CONTINUED) PILOT RECEIVED STANDARD IFR WEATHER BRIEFING AND FILED AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN AT APPROXIMATELY 15:35 PST.  PILOT DID NOT OPEN IFR FLIGHT PLAN.

## 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 WPR09FA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09FA112), Feb 6, 2009: Beech A36 (N66819), Avalon, CA, substantial damage, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to follow the published instrument departure procedures during the climb to cruise, and loss of control in instrument meteorological conditions. Contributing to the accident was…

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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