Beechcraft 35 N50CN

Summary

On 11 November 1985 at about 01:20 local time, a Beechcraft 35 registered N50CN, operated by Melvin M. Banton, was involved in an accident near Avenal, 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

11 November 1985 at 01:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Avenal, California, United States

Coordinates

35.8901, -120.0706

Aircraft

Beechcraft 35

Registration

N50CN

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Melvin M. Banton

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Madera → Gallup

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX86FA037

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 PLT RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING (TWICE) AND WAS ADVISED EACH TIME THAT VFR FLT ALONG HIS ROUTE WAS NOT RECOMMENDED. A WITNESS OBSERVED THE ACFT FLYING AT A LOW ALT BELOW A CLOUD LAYER, WHEN IT MADE AN ABRUPT LEFT DESCENDING TURN AND CRASHED IN A FIELD. ANOTHER WITNESS WAS DRIVING ON I-5 AND OBSERVED THE ACFT PASS OVERHEAD AT 300 TO 400 FT AGL BELOW THE CLOUDS, AND A SHORT TIME LATER SAW A BALL OF FLAMES NEXT TO THE HWY.L OF FLAMES NEXT TO THE HIGHWAY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.