Beechcraft A24R N9715L

Summary

On 17 May 1982 at about 20:15 local time, a Beechcraft A24R registered N9715L, operated by Daniel L. Jackson, was involved in an accident near Near Mt. Shasta, California, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

17 May 1982 at 20:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Near Mt. Shasta, California, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Beechcraft A24R

Registration

N9715L

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Daniel L. Jackson

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Redding → Grants Pass

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX82FA183

4 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

THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT RENO, NV, BUT THE PILOT LANDED AT RED BLUFF, CA AFTER RECEIVING AN IN-FLIGHT WEATHER BRIEFING. AFTER LANDING, HE OBTAINED ANOTHER WEATHER BRIEFING AND WAS ADVISED THAT VFR FLIGHT WAS NOT RECOMMENDED. HE THEN FILED A VFR FLIGHT PLAN AFTER REPORTING THAT THE PASSENGERS WERE ANXIOUS TO GET HOME, OTHERWISE HE WOULD STAY. THE FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR 8500 FT. THERE WERE NO KNOWN COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE PILOT ACTIVATED HIS FLIGHT PLAN. THE PLANE COLLIDED WITH TREES AND CRASHED ON DOWNSLOPING TERRAIN ABOUT 12 MI NORTHEAST OF MT SHASTA. THE IMPACT OCCURRED ON A SOUTHERLY HEADING AT ABOUT 7000 FT MSL. ACCORDING TO A WEATHER STUDY, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN EXTENSIVE CLOUDS BETWEEN 5500 AND 10,000 FT WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS. ALSO, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN MIXED RIME AND CLEAR ICING IN CLOUDS AND RAIN SHOWERS ABOVE APPROXIMATELY 6300 FT AND TURBULENCE WAS FORECASTED BELOW 18,000 FT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.