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| Date: | Sunday 4 September 2022 |
| Time: | 08:40 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 58 Baron |
| Owner/operator: | HJ & L Air LLC |
| Registration: | N142DR |
| MSN: | TH-1458 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1985 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Galt, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Tracy Municipal Airport, CA (KTCY) |
| Tracy Municipal Airport, CA (KTCY) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On September 4, 2022, about 0840 Pacific daylight time, a Beech BE-58 airplane, N142DR, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Galt, California. The pilot and the pilot under instruction were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 flight.
The pilot under instruction and the certified flight instructor (CFI) departed in the multi-engine airplane to conduct training. Radar data indicated that they proceeded to multiple airports and performed traffic pattern work including takeoff and landings. After departing the last airport, they performed two 360° turns and one power off stall task. The airplane again slowed and recorded engine data indicated that, while the critical engine’s speed was reduced, the other engine’s speed was increased, consistent with performing a Vmc demonstration. During a Vmc demonstration, power is reduced on the critical engine (left) and the airplane is recovered before loss of directional control or stall. As the airspeed decreased, the airplane entered a rapid descent with a continuous left-hand turn that was observed by witnesses as it was spinning, not nose down, with a flat attitude until water impact.
Impact signatures were consistent with a slightly nose-low, near-flat attitude. Postaccident examination of the engines and airframe did not reveal evidence of any mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation of the airplane. Positive identification of who was on the controls during the Vmc demonstration could not be determined given the available evidence.
Probable Cause: The certified flight instructor's failure to maintain control of the airplane and inadequate supervision of the flight, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall/spin from which he could not recover.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://behous.co.uk/small-plane-crash-kills-2-in-sacramento-county-faa-says/
https://www.kcra.com/article/small-plane-crashed-remote-area-galt/41074945#
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105854
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=142DR
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a0aa79&lat=38.304&lon=-121.353&zoom=15.0&showTrace=2022-09-04&leg=3
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N142DR
https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/001269280.html (photo)
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Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Sep-2022 20:48 | Geno | Added |
| 04-Sep-2022 22:29 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Sep-2022 09:48 | PD23 | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 05-Sep-2022 09:50 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 05-Sep-2022 14:19 | johnwg | Updated [Time, Registration, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 05-Sep-2022 14:21 | johnwg | Updated [Registration, ] |
| 05-Sep-2022 19:19 | Geno | Updated [Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Sep-2022 07:56 | harro | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 16-Sep-2022 21:22 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 27-Apr-2024 08:33 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, Photo, ] |
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