- Date
- November 16, 1980
- Place
- Big Bear Lake, CA · BIG BEAR LAKE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5362EBeech K35
- Status
- Completed · report January 7, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801116074819A
- Case key
- 127574
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3713 80/11/16 BIG BEAR LAKE,CA BEECH K35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 700 TIME - 1845 N5362E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIG BEAR CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BIG BEAR LAKE,CA UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITION MISCELLANEOUS - SUICIDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- PLT TOLD WIFE TO WATCH HIM CRASH INTO CENTER OF LAKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5362E
- Reported as
- Beech K35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Big Bear City
N5362ERegistration cancelled Apr 18, 2013 · Beech K35Airframe modelBeech K35Engine modelContinental I0-470 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.
Other investigations on N5362E · 1
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