Beechcraft A100 N30GC
6 November 2007 · Chino, California, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 6 November 2007 at about 17:18 local time, a Beechcraft A100 registered N30GC, operated by Rhb-Jmj LLC, was involved in an accident near Chino, California, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 17:18
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Chino, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Chino Airport (CNO)
- Coordinates
- 33.9781, -117.6603
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft A100
- Registration
- N30GC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Rhb-Jmj LLC
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Executive/Corporate
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Chino → Visalia
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- LAX08FA026
People
2 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain a positive climb rate during an instrument takeoff. Contributing to the accident was the low visibility.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The reported weather at the time of the accident was calm winds, a 1/4-mile visibility in fog and a vertical visibility of 100 feet. Shortly after takeoff for the instrument-flight-rules flight, the airplane made a slight turn to the left and impacted the tops of 25-foot trees about a 1/2 mile from the runway. An enhanced ground proximity warning system was installed on the airplane and data extraction from the system indicated that the airplane achieved an initial positive climb profile with a slight turn to the left and then a descent. A witness reported hearing the crash and observed the right wing impact the ground and burst into flames. The airplane then cartwheeled for several hundred feet before coming to rest inverted. The airframe, engines, and propeller assemblies were inspected with no mechanical anomalies noted that would have precluded normal flight.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Beechcraft A100 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Jan 2006 | Beechcraft A100 | Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, United States | North Country Aviation, Inc | No injuries | - |
| 23 Nov 2008 | Beechcraft A100 | God's Lake Narrows, Canada | Sky North Air | Minor injuries | - |
| 22 Aug 2008 | Beechcraft A100 | Moab, Utah, United States | Leavitt Group Wings LLC | Fatal | 10 |
| 18 Oct 2010 | Beechcraft A100 | Palestine, Texas, United States | Trinity River Authority of Texas | No injuries | - |
| 23 Jun 2010 | Beechcraft A100 | Quebec City, Canada | Aeropro | Fatal | 7 |
| 15 Jun 2011 | Beechcraft A100 | Gray, Tennessee, United States | Dynamic Avlease Inc | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jun 2007 | Piper PA-28-180 | Rosamond, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 5 Jul 2007 | Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-2C | Bridgeport, California, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 22 May 2007 | Schweizer SGS2-33A | Los Alamitos, California, United States | Civil Air Patrol - California Wing | No injuries | - |
| 25 May 2007 | Westland WASP HAS MK1 | Ramona, California, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 8 Jul 2007 | Cessna 152 | Tracy, California, United States | California Airways | Minor injuries | - |
| 25 May 2007 | Skygear SKYGEAR | Chino, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |