- Date
- November 21, 1990, 17:20 local (Nov 22, 1990, 01:20 UTC)
- Place
- Woodland, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1594SBeech 95-A55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901121051069A
- Case key
- 26963
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudgement of his altitude to assure terrain clearance during a night visual approach. Contributing factors were the dark night, unlit terrain, the pilot's lack of recent night time, the pilot's lack of familiarity with the airport, and an improperly planned approach.
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
Airplane observed flying over rwy 34 in a northerly direction at about 200-300 ft AGL. The engines sounded normal. Wreckage located 1.5 mi nnw of the airport distributed on a 086 deg heading; published right traffic pattern for rwy 16. Area rural farmland, few sources of ambient light. No night time logged preceding 90 days. No record of pilot flying into airport previously.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1594S
- Reported as
- Beech 95-A55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-323
- Airframe hours
- 4,365
- Engine
- Continental IO 470L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tengler, Joseph F
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 12, 1990 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- CRQ · Carlsbad, CA
- Airport
- 2Q3 · Yolo County
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 279 total · 32 in this make and model · 182 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days · 23 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 320° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SMF, 15 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.