Cessna 340A N12273
6 November 2000 · Selma, California, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 6 November 2000 at about 12:00 local time, a Cessna 340A registered N12273, operated by Yecny Enterprises, Inc., was involved in an accident near Selma, California, United States. 2 people were on board and one died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 12:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Selma, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Selma (0Q4)
- Coordinates
- 36.5305, -119.6402
- Aircraft
- Cessna 340A
- Registration
- N12273
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Yecny Enterprises, Inc.
- Operating rule
- Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Paso Robles → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night/Dark
- NTSB number
- LAX01FA032
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The pilot's improper decision to attempt a visual approach and landing in instrument meteorological conditions and his failure to follow instrument flight rules procedures.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The airline transport rated pilot was returning an organ transplant nurse passenger to an uncontrolled, no facilities airport, with ground fog present about 0400 in the morning. The pilot had obtained two abbreviated preflight weather briefings while waiting for his passenger, and prior to departing at 0235. According to witnesses he attempted to land twice on runway 28, then he made an approach and attempted a landing on runway 10. Witnesses reported that the airport was engulfed in ground fog at the time of the approaches. They said that you could see straight up but not horizontally. The airplane collided with grape vineyard poles and canal/wash berms, about 250 feet short of the runway 10 displaced threshold. Approach charts for two airports with instrument approaches within 20 miles were found lying on the instrument panel glare shield. The passenger's car was parked at the uncontrolled airport.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 340 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Sep 2000 | Cessna 340 | Broomfield, Colorado, United States | Star West Aviation | No injuries | - |
| 29 Sep 2000 | Cessna 340 | Nadi, Fiji | Benchmark Aviation | Minor injuries | - |
| 23 Aug 2000 | Cessna 340A | Mission, South Dakota, United States | - | Fatal | 3 |
| 21 Aug 2000 | Cessna 340 | Glarus, Switzerland | A.c. Friedrich Gmbh | Fatal | 5 |
| 17 Jan 2000 | Cessna 340A | Brownsville, Texas, United States | Luis Carlos Alanis Fernandez | No injuries | - |
| 8 Sep 2000 | Cessna 340A | Big Piney, Wyoming, United States | - | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Aug 2000 | Piper PA-30 | Davis, California, United States | Travis AFB Aeroclub | No injuries | - |
| 9 Aug 2000 | Cessna 150H | Corona, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Feb 2000 | Cessna 182L | Coulterville, California, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 31 May 2000 | Cessna 152 | Palm Springs, California, United States | The FLT School At Palm Springs | Fatal | 2 |
| 16 Feb 2000 | Cessna 172N | Palm Springs, California, United States | Bermuda Dunes Air Service | Minor injuries | - |
| 10 Aug 2000 | Piper PA-28R-200 | Avalon, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |