- Date
- July 5, 1982, 12:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Monica, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N726RPBeech 60
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 72540
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
At about 700 ft MSL the plt reported to Santa Monica tower that his left eng had failed. He immediately feathered the left prop & continued to climb, planning to attempt a restart before returning to land. At about 1,000 ft MSL the pilot determined that the acft was no longer climbing. His airspeed was below the single eng best rate of climb speed & he felt a power loss in the right eng. He put the nose down & feathered the right prop. The acft struck the water 2,000 ydsfrom the Santa Monica pier. Life guards were on the scene with a rescue boat when the plt surfaced.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N726RP
- Reported as
- Beech 60
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P65
- Airframe hours
- 1,843
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-541, 380 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ralph E. Phillips
- Registered owner
- Ralph E. Phillips
- Departed
- Santa Monica, CA
- Destination
- C · Oceano, CA
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,407 total · 100 in this make and model · 125 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 171 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg