Gulfstream AA-5B N45293

Summary

On 6 October 1985 at about 22:15 local time, a Gulfstream AA-5B registered N45293, operated by Trans Bay Airways, was involved in an accident near Orinda, 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

6 October 1985 at 22:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Orinda, California, United States

Coordinates

37.8898, -122.1893

Aircraft

Gulfstream AA-5B

Registration

N45293

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Trans Bay Airways

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Red Bluff → San Carlos

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX86FA003

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

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH RISING TERRAIN ON A SOUTHERLY HEADING. A VFR FLT PLAN WAS FILED. A WITNESS NEAR THE ACCIDENT SITE REPORTED LOW CEILINGS AND A FORWARD GROUND VISIBILITY OF 50 FT. APRX 15 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT THE ACFT WAS SEEN FLYING SOUTHEAST OF THE ACCIDENT SITE ON A SOUTHWESTERLY HEADING AT AN ALT OF APRX 200 TO 500 FT AGL. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE SAME WITNESS OBSERVED THE ACFT TRAVELING NORTHBOUND THROUGH THE SAME AREA. SEVERAL OTHER WITNESSES REPORTED SEEING THE ACFT FLYING ALONG HWY 24 AT LOW ALTITUDES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.