Beechcraft A36TC N667WT

Summary

On 22 April 1982 at about 05:30 local time, a Beechcraft A36TC registered N667WT, operated by Timmerman Construction Co, was involved in an accident near Hearst, California, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 April 1982 at 05:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Hearst, California, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Beechcraft A36TC

Registration

N667WT

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Timmerman Construction Co

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Willits → Fair Oaks

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

LAX82FVD13

3 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ABOUT 26 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AT NIGHT. THE CRASH SITE WAS LOCATED ABOUT EIGHT MILES EAST OF THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT AND WAS AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 2000 FT MSL. DURING IMPACT IT STRUCK TREES AND A 20 DEGREE SLOPE WHILE ON A WESTERLY HEADING. A WITNESS STATED THAT HE HEARD AND OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT FLY OVER HIS RESIDENCE AND THEN CRASH ABOUT ONE MINUTE LATER. HE STATED THAT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT FLEW OVER HIS POSITION, THE ENGINE WAS SPUTTERING AS IF IT WAS OUT OF GAS, AND THEN IT QUIT RUNNING ALTOGETHER. THE AIRCRAFT AND THE ENGINE WERE BADLY DEMOLISHED DURING IMPACT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.