- Date
- April 27, 1987, 01:15 local (08:15 UTC)
- Place
- Monterey, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9711RBeech 95-55
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870427011679A
- Case key
- 25578
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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
Just after take-off, the cabin door opened in flight. The plt attempted to reland but was unsuccessful due to weather conditions. The plt was vectored to another arpt, however, the plt never climbed to the assigned alt and was never in radar contact. The plt thinking he was on the front course to the runway, was in fact on the backcourse. The plt did not have in his possession an approach plate to that arpt. The plt descended into a mountain and collided with the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9711R
- Reported as
- Beech 95-55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-12
- Airframe hours
- 2,578
- Engine
- Continental I0-470 AL, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Sweets Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Fanopoulos, Dimitrious G.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 25, 1986 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- SNS · Salinas, CA
- Destination
- V15 · Visalia, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR/IFR
- Airport
- MRY · Monterey, runway 10, 6,597 × 150 ft, dirt
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
- 21
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 456 total · 10 in this make and model · 345 as pilot in command · 69 in the last 90 days · 43 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 700 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SNS, 17 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.