# NTSB LAX83FA350: Beech N35, N9350Y, Mount Shasta, CA, February 21, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: February 21, 1983, 00:00 local (08:00 UTC)
- Place: Mount Shasta, CA
- Coordinates: 41.310504, -122.319831 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3105&lon=-122.3198&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 5 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23479
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83FA350
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23479/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FA350

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, cruise - normal
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly (contributing factor)
  - weather evaluation - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - obscuration (contributing factor)
  - in-flight briefing service - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - in-flight briefing service - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT FLEW INTO MT REDDY AT ABOUT 9000 FT LEVEL. THE CLOUDS WERE AS LOW AS 5000 AND THE MOUNTAIN TOPS WERE OBSCURED. THE PLTS IN FLT WX BRIEFING CONTAINED THE ADVICE THAT VFR FLT ALONG HIS ROUTE WAS NOT RECOMMENDED BECAUSE THE MT TOPS WERE OBSCURED IN CLOUDS. THE FREEZING LEVEL WAS ALSO REPORTED AS 9000-16000 FT. THERE WERE NO FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE ACFT. LOCAL RESIDENTS IN THE AREA OF THE CRASH SAID THAT THE MTS AT THAT POINT WERE IN THE CLOUDS. THE ACFT WAS REPORTED MISSING IN 2/21/83. IT WAS FOUND BY HIKERS ON 7/23/83.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9350Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9350Y-2018-01-30), registration cancelled 2018-01-30, S/N D-6562, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH N35
- Registry model: [Beech N35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-n35) (registry code 1151528) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Richard K Walsh
- Registered owner: 11
- Departed: CCB, UPLAND, CA
- Destination: S03, ASHLAND, OR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: unknown, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Temperature: -0 °F, dew point -0 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830221034489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830221034489A), Feb 21, 1983: Beech N35, Mt Shasta, CA, Destroyed, 4 fatal. Collided with a cloud obscured mountain peak. Throw over control on right non pilot passengers side. Thumbs broken.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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