- Date
- June 19, 1969
- Place
- Benicia, CA · BENICIA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N8556MBeech 95-A55
- Status
- Completed · report September 8, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179534
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2219 69/6/19 BENICIA,CALIF BEECH 95-A55 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 1200 TIME - 2148 N8556M PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION REMARKS- ENTERED 1300 FT OVERCAST SHORTLY AFTER T/O ON NITE FLT. CRASHED IN SWAMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8556M
- Reported as
- Beech 95-A55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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