- Date
- January 16, 1977
- Place
- Sonoma, CA · SONOMA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N94972Beech C45H
- Status
- Completed · report February 25, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 156777
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0022 77/1/16 NR.SONOMA,CA BEECH C45H CR- 2 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 43, 1000 TIME - 0400 N94972 PX- 0 0 0 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SONOMA SKYPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SONOMA,CA UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS FOG CALM TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- WITNESS AT AIRPORT HEARD ACFT FLY LOW OVER HANGER, TURN SOUTH, ENGINES SURGE, THEN SILENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94972
- Reported as
- Beech C45H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sonoma Skypark