- Date
- December 11, 1969
- Place
- Big Sur, CA · BIG SUR, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8619MBeech D95A
- Status
- Completed · report November 4, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 149636
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3787 69/12/11 BIG SUR,CALIF BEECH D95A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 3555 TIME - 0033 N8619M PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 181 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SAN DIEGO,CALIF SAN RAFAEL,CALIF MONTEREY,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LETDOWN AT NITE IN AREA OF SPARSE LTG. STRUCK 1000 FT CLIFF ABOVE OCEAN BEACH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8619M
- Reported as
- Beech D95A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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