# Accident 20100902050149A: Beech 65, Redwood City, CA, September 2, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2010, 11:51 local time
- Place: Redwood City, CA
- Airport: San Carlos
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5119° N, 122.2506° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5119&lon=-122.2506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N832B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N832B-2011-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 65 (registry code 1152802, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GSO&IGSO-480 series (registry code 41529, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-gso-igso-480-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65
- Reported engine: LYCOMING GSO&IGSO-480
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 12,004 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10FA448](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA448) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100902050149A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SAN CARLOS AIRPORT (KSQL) FOR SOUTH COUNTY (E16).  ON THE DEPARTURE LEG OUT OF KSQL WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT GOING THROUGH A SERIES OF PITCH OSCILLATIONS.  TEN SECONDS LATER THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED EXHIBITING LONGITUDINAL INSTABILITY.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN BEGAN A ROLL TO THE RIGHT FOLLOWED BY AN APPLICATION OF LEFT RUDDER.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS STILL OBSERVED TO HAVE A POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB ALTHOUGH NOW ROTATING TO THE LEFT ON THE VERTICAL AXIS.  THE LEFT YAWING MOMENT STOPPED AS THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO ROLL TO THE RIGHT IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE.  THE ROLL CONTINUED TO THE RIGHT AS IT ENTERED A STEEP DESCENDING TURN.  THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A LAGOON NORTH OF THE AIRPORT AND SANK IN ABOUT TWELVE FEET OF 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 WPR10FA448](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA448), Sep 2, 2010: Beech 65 (N832B), Redwood City, CA, substantial damage, 3 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of power in the right engine for undetermined reasons and the pilot’s subsequent failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in a loss of control. Contributing to the loss of control…

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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