Beechcraft 58 N18414

Summary

On 5 September 2001 at about 14:15 local time, a Beechcraft 58 registered N18414 was involved in an accident near Ashland, Oregon, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

5 September 2001 at 14:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Ashland, Oregon, United States

Coordinates

42.1496, -122.5291

Aircraft

Beechcraft 58

Registration

N18414

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ashland → Scottsdale

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA01FA167

3 people died.

The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the terrain after inadvertently entering an area of instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) during a visual flight rules (VFR) flight. Factors include mountainous/hilly terrain and low ceilings in the area where the pilot was maneuvering.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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The aircraft made a visual flight rules (VFR) departure from the airport underneath a solid overcast, and headed in a direction that took it toward rising mountainous/hilly terrain. In the area where the pilot approached the mountainous terrain, the clouds were touching the top of the ridges in all quadrants, but the visibility underneath the overcast was extensive. As the pilot attempted to maneuver the aircraft below the overcast in the restrictive environment of the mountain valleys, he inadvertently entered the cloud base, and soon thereafter collided with the terrain.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.