- Date
- March 19, 1985, 22:00 local (Mar 20, 1985, 05:00 UTC)
- Place
- Flagstaff, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9734QBeech B-19
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850319009789A
- Case key
- 24480
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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Weather condition - rainFactor
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Preflight briefing service - disregardedFactor
Flight into known adverse weather - performedFactor
Lack of total instrument timeFactor
Proper altitude - not maintainedCause
Analysis
After receiving numerous weather briefings, that reported instrument meteorological conditions and marginal visual meteorological conditions, the pilot tookoff into the dark night, for his return flight, over mountainous terrain. The aircraft impacted a mountain ridge, approximately 150 feet below the crest, about 6 miles from the airport of departure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9734Q
- Reported as
- Beech B-19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MB19
- Airframe hours
- 1,100
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2C, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dale R. Holland
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 9, 1984 · 110 hours before
- Departed
- FLG · Flagstaff, AZ
- Destination
- HHR · Hawthorne, CA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 592 total · 528 in this make and model · 551 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 280° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLG, 6 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.