- Date
- April 11, 1993, 14:32 local (21:32 UTC)
- Place
- Novato, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7041LBeech 95-B55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930411008829A
- Case key
- 27830
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
A loss of control for an undetermined reason(s).
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
Winesses had observed the airplane making high-speed taxi runs before departure. After lift-off, at 100-150 ft AGL, the airplane banked sharply and nosed over into the ground in a near vertical attitude. Both engines sounded normal. No pre-impact failure/malfunction was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7041L
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 65-12728
- Airframe hours
- 10,853
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Monterey Navy Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Monterey Navy Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 17, 1993 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- SRF
- Destination
- NUK · Mountain View, CA
- Airport
- SRF · Hamilton Army Air Field, runway 30, 8,000 × 400 ft, concrete
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 489 total · 39 in this make and model · 399 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 31 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.