- Date
- April 22, 1980
- Place
- Salinas, CA · SALINAS, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N28DWBeech 58
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800422011609A
- Case key
- 130404
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1722 80/4/22 NR.SALINAS,CA BEECH 58 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1730 N28DW PX- 3 0 0 CORP/EXEC 33, 7613 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 3270 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HURON,CA SALINAS,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO PROPERLY IDENTIFY AIRCRAFT ON RADAR PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: OTHER WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 51 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 280 13 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- TPX-42 AUTOMATED RADAR EQPT WAS REMOVED FRM SERVICE FOR TEST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28DW
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Salinas Municipal
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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.