Beechcraft A-36 N67426

Summary

On 13 February 1984 at about 03:45 local time, a Beechcraft A-36 registered N67426, operated by San Benito Air Service, was involved in an accident near Coyote, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 February 1984 at 03:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Coyote, California, United States

Coordinates

37.2208, -121.7397

Aircraft

Beechcraft A-36

Registration

N67426

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

San Benito Air Service

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Modesto → Hollister

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

Unk

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

LAX84FA178

1 person 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 ACFT CRASHED IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN DURING A NIGHT X-COUNTRY IN MARGINAL WEATHER. THE PLT MADE AN APPROACH TO SAN JOSE, CANCELLED HIS IFR FLT PLAN AND ADVISED HE WAS PROCEEDING TO HOLLISTER. A COMMON PRACTICE IN THE AREA IS TO FLY THE VALLEY, FOLLOWING THE HIGHWAY DURING PERIODS OF LOW CEILINGS, WHEN THE WEATHER IS BASICALLY VFR BETWEEN SAN JOSEAND HOLLISTER. THE PLT HAD BEEN ADVISED BY SAN JOSE TOWER THAT REID-HILLVIEW CONTROL ZONE WAS BELOW BASIC VFR MINIMUMS. INVESTIGATION DID NOT REVEAL ANY EVIDENCE OF PREIMPACT ACFT FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.