- Date
- June 11, 1983, 14:29 local (21:29 UTC)
- Place
- Van Nuys, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6610KBeech 95-B55
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830611024759A
- Case key
- 23464
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Analysis
The acft crashed in a residential area after a loss of control by the plt. The acft was climbing through an overcast in IFR conditions and last reported 'four' in response to a request for altitude. This was the last radio transmission received from the flt. The acft was seen by witnesses diving vertically from the clouds. It leveled off for a short while and then went into a nose-up 90 degree bank at low altitude. It contacted the ground in a 90 degree left bank and cartwheeled. A total of five single family residences, three automobiles and some landscaping received damage in the accident. No persons on the ground were injured. The weather was reported as 1500 ft overcast with tops 4000 to 4300 ft. visibility 2 miles in haze. Post accident examination revealed both engines operating at impact. All acft components were accounted for at the accident site. Some small items of fairing and aluminum skin were found along the flt path fora distance of 2 blocks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6610K
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC903
- Airframe hours
- 2,132
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-E2B, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Walter L. Martindale
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 4, 1982 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- BUR · Burbank, CA
- Destination
- PRB · Paso Robles, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BUR · Burbank, runway 15, 6,902 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 78
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 2,100 in this make and model · 5,750 as pilot in command · 51 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BUR, 3 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.