Accident
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Statuts: | Enquête Officielle |
| Date: | 12 FEV 1999 |
| Heure: | 10:30 PST |
| Type/Sous-type: | Beechcraft C99 |
| Compagnie: | Ameriflight |
| Immatriculation: | N205RA |
| Numéro de série: | U-205 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1983 |
| Heures de vol: | 20522 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-36 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 1 / à bord: 1 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 1 / à bord: 1 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Détruit |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | 29 km (18.1 milles) NE of Bishop Airport, CA (BIH) (Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Aéroport de départ: | Tonopah Airport, NV (TPH), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| Bishop Airport, CA (BIH), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
The flight departed Tonopah at 09:30 for a 73-mile VFR flight to Bishop. The aircraft was not carrying cargo at the time of the accident. The Beech failed to arrive at the destination; search efforts were initiated and the wreckage was subsequently found February 14 on the eastern slopes of White Mountain in the Inyo National Forest at 9,500 feet.
A witnesses observed the aircraft flying between 7,000 and 8,000 feet msl as it entered Trace Plumas Canyon on White Mountain and begin a gradual left turn. The aircraft then disappeared from view. The canyon leads to the accident site. According to the operator, the pilot had successfully bid on a captain position on larger equipment and this was to be his last trip along this route. Several acquaintances of the pilot located at Tonopah reported that he intended to take a camera with him and photograph some scenic locations along this route.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's failure to follow procedures and directives and his failure to maintain clearance from mountainous terrain.". Sources:
» NTSB
Photos
N987RA briefly moved to Jamaica in 1997 before returning to the U.S. to fly for Ameriflight as N205RA
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposé destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Tonopah Airport, NV et Bishop Airport, CA est de 135 km (84 miles).
La distance entre Tonopah Airport, NV et Bishop Airport, CA est de 135 km (84 miles).
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tels qui sont connus à ce jour.
