- Date
- February 28, 1985, 14:35 local (22:35 UTC)
- Place
- Shafter, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6705TBeech 76
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 24475
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Emergency procedure - simulatedCause
Aircraft handling - improperCause
In flight collision with object
Object - building(nonresidential)Factor
Supervision - inadequateCause
Analysis
The accident occurred during a multi-enigne training flight. A witness stated he observed the acft initiated a single engine go around at about 50 feet above ground level and that it yawed to the left as full power was applied to the right engine. He further stated that the aircraft continued with wings level and no pitch up or down movement until it struck the top of a single story cement building approximately 300 yards west of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6705T
- Reported as
- Beech 76
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- ME-305
- Airframe hours
- 826
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1G6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Southern California Builders
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 8, 1984 · 89 hours before
- Departed
- BFL · Bakersfield, CA
- Airport
- MIT · Minter, runway 30, 4,250 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 7,610 total · 154 in this make and model · 6,928 as pilot in command · 142 in the last 90 days · 74 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFL, 9 nm away