# Accident 20170609010919A: Beech 95-C55, Mountain Ranch, CA, June 9, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2017, 23:54 local time
- Place: Mountain Ranch, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8305° N, 122.7108° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8305&lon=-122.7108&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3717Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3717Q-2020-01-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-C55 (registry code 1152708, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-c55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-C55
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR17FA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17FA125) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170609010919A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED COLUMBIA AIRPORT (O22), AIRCRFAT FOUND CRASHED 20 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBIA.

## 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 WPR17FA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17FA125), Jun 9, 2017: Beech 95 C55 (N3717Q), Mountain Ranch, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions and mountain obscuration that resulted in controlled flight into trees and terrain.

## Other reports on N3717Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19861005069269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861005069269I), Oct 5, 1986: Beech 95C55 (N3717Q), South Lake Taho, CA. Failed to receive ATC instruction to hold short after switching to ground frequency.

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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