- Date
- April 21, 1985, 18:15 local (Apr 22, 1985, 02:15 UTC)
- Place
- Fallbrook, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7GNBeech A45
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850421013589A
- Case key
- 24493
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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
The plt was flying to his home arpt under visual flight rules (VFR) from his place of employment when he encountered low ceilings & visibilities. He contd at low alt along an interstate highway toward his original destination. A witness reported that the plt had to climb to clear an overpass. The acft then entered a left turn. During the turn, its left wing hit an electrical transmission line & the acft crashed. Toxicology tests showed the plt had a blood/alcohol level of 0.090% & a urine/alcohol level of 0.097%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7GN
- Reported as
- Beech A45
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- G146
- Airframe hours
- 3,201
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Vaughan A. Hawkins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 9, 1984 · 82 hours before
- Departed
- CMA · Camarillo, CA
- Destination
- CRQ · Carlsbad, 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
- 42
- Certificates
- Military, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 5,268 total · 30 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.