- Date
- November 17, 1988, 18:15 local (Nov 18, 1988, 02:15 UTC)
- Place
- Milpitis, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N663QBeech 95
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881117051339A
- Case key
- 26192
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain altitude while performing a maneuver.
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
During a night VFR flight the ATP, who worked as a CFI, descended at a high rate of speed & collided with terrain at about a 60 degree nose down & wings level attitude. The collision occurred 6 mi from the plt's destination arpt. No evidence was found of any airframe or engine malfunctions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N663Q
- Reported as
- Beech 95
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TD-228
- Airframe hours
- 2,626
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- California In Nice, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 8, 1988
- Departed
- LVK · Livermore, CA
- Destination
- RHV · San Jose, 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
- 28
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,169 total · 107 in this make and model · 2,979 as pilot in command · 162 in the last 90 days · 33 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 310° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RHV, 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.