- Date
- October 2, 1966
- Place
- Topanga Beach, CA · TOPANGA BEACH, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N188MBeech 95-A55
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121506
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0815 66/10/2 TOPANGA BEACH CAL BEECH 95-A55 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 74, 2247 TIME - 1900 N188M PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 82 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PILOT ALCOHOL LEVEL 0.09 PERCENT,SUFFICIENT CAUSE DIMINUTION JUDGMENT.ACFT STRUCK MOUNTAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N188M
- Reported as
- Beech 95-A55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N188MRegistration cancelled Mar 8, 1971 · Beech 95-A55Airframe modelBeech 95-A55Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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