- Date
- November 3, 1984, 01:30 local (07:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sonora, TX
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1591SBeech 95-A55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841103059859A
- Case key
- 21616
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with object
Weather condition - fogFactor
Proper altitude - not maintainedCause
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Analysis
Pilot stated that he intended to land at Sonora, TX, but patchy ground fog obscured the arpt. He circled the aprt one time and then departed northward. He turned back to attempt another visual approach to the arpt when the aircraft struck a tree on the highest point of land in the immediate area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1591S
- Reported as
- Beech 95-A55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-375
- Airframe hours
- 4,109
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gerard Gonzales
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- LNC · Lancaster, TX
- Destination
- E29 · Sonora, TX
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,077 total · 225 in this make and model · 908 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.