- Date
- April 21, 1982, 21:30 local (Apr 22, 1982, 05:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hearst, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N667WTBeech A36TC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report April 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 70999
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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
About 26 minutes after takeoff, the aircraft crashed in mountainous terrain at night. The crash site was located about eight miles east of the departure airport and was at an elevation of about 2000 ft MSL. During impact it struck trees and a 20 degree slope while on a westerly heading. A witness stated that he heard and observed the aircraft fly over his residence and then crash about one minute later. He stated that when the aircraft flew over his position, the engine was sputtering as if it was out of gas, and then it quit running altogether. The aircraft and the engine were badly demolished during impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N667WT
- Reported as
- Beech A36TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- EA35
- Airframe hours
- 300
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520UB, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Timmerman Construction Co
- Registered owner
- Timmerman Construction Co
- Departed
- Willits, CA
- Destination
- Fair Oaks, 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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,411 total · 64 in this make and model · 1,301 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 280° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 145 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg