| Date: | Monday 24 September 1990 |
| Time: | 07:02 |
| Type: |  Cessna 500 Citation I |
| Owner/operator: | Hi-Tech Helicopters |
| Registration: | N79DD |
| MSN: | 500-0254 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4197 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | ca 3 km NW of San Luis Obispo-County Airport, CA (SBP) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Los Angeles-Van Nuys Airport, CA (VNY/KVNY) |
| San Luis Obispo-County Airport, CA (SBP/KSBP) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Flight from Van Nuys. Descended below MDA while on a LOC approach to runway 11 in adverse weather conditions, struck tree and crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's improper IFR (instrument) procedure, and his failure to maintain the minimum descent altitude (MDA) for the approach. The adverse weather was a related factor."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
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