- Date
- May 28, 1981
- Place
- Avalon, CA · AVALON, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N140SBeech 58
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810528089829A
- Case key
- 125366
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3578 81/5/28 NR.AVALON,CA BEECH 58 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1640 N140S PX- 2 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 30, 3600 TOTAL HOURS, 544 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AVALON,CA VISALIA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- AFT 3RD PASS,PULLED UP,BGN SLOW ROLL,NOSE DROPPED DRG LAST PART OF ROLL,HIT WTR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N140S
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.