# Accident 20241004016019A: Raytheon Aircraft Company C90A, Bakersfield, CA, October 4, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2024, 13:40 local time
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Airport: Meadows Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3692° N, 119.0335° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3692&lon=-119.0335&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6077X (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY C90A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 7,001 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241004016019A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 4, 2024, A BEECH C90B KING AIR MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT MEADOWS FIELD AIRPORT (BFL) IN BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIA. PILOTED BY THE SOLE UNCERTIFICATED PASSENGER, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) AFTER THE PILOT PASSED OUT IN FLIGHT. PLANE LANDED SAFELY BUT VEERED OFF RUNWAY INTO A GRASSY FIELD. NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR INJURIES TO THE PASSENGER, BUT PILOT WAS LATER PRONOUNCED DECEASED WHEN EMERGENCY SERVICES ARRIVED.

## 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 WPR25LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA003), Oct 4, 2024: Raytheon C90A (N6077X), Bakersfield, CA, no damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s incapacitation by an in-flight cardiac event that led to cardiac arrest.

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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