- Date
- May 5, 1979
- Place
- Julian, CA · JULIAN, CA
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N16MMBeech D-50
- Status
- Completed · report July 24, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790505027259A
- Case key
- 135475
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2778 79/5/5 NR.JULIAN,CA BEECH D-50 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 800 TIME - 1505 N16MM PX- 4 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BUTTERFIELD RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUTTERFIELD RANCH,CA SAN DIEGO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 68 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 240 40 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- WINDS AT MTN PEAKS GUSTING TO 60KTS.ACFT OBSERVED TO CLIMB OUT DIRECT TO MTN RIDGE 3200FT ABV ARPT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16MM
- Reported as
- Beech D-50
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Butterfield Ranch
N16MMRegistration cancelled Jun 30, 2009 · Beech D-50Airframe modelBeech D-50Engine modelLycoming GO-480 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.