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| Date: | Wednesday 25 March 1987 |
| Time: | 16:49 |
| Type: |  Cessna 310Q |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | N7603Q |
| MSN: | 310Q0538 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
| Engine model: | Continental TSIO-520-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Half Moon Bay, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Monterey, CA (MRY) |
| Santa Rosa, CA (STS) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
WHILE FLYING NORTHWEST OVER WATER ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST ON AN IFR CLNC, THE PLT RPRTD TO THE SECTOR CONTROLLER (CTLR) 'WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM.' THE CTLR INQUIRED ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM. THE PLT THEN STATED, 'GOING DOWN FAST, OUT OF CONTROL.' THE CTLR OBSERVED THAT THE ACFT WAS LOSING ALT RAPIDLY & INSTRUCTED THE PLT TO TURN RIGHT TO 090 DEG FOR VECTORS TOWARD THE SHORELINE; THE PLT RESPONDED, 'WE'RE GOING IN.' NO FURTHER TRANSMISSIONS WERE RECEIVED FROM THE PLT. THE CTLR NOTED THE ACFT'S TRANSPONDER CODE WENT INTO A COAST MODE & THE PRIMARY TARGET WENT INTO A SLOW LEFT TURN. RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST WITH THE ACFT AFTER IT HAD TURNED TO A SOUTHWESTERLY HEADING. COAST GUARD HELICOPTERS ARRIVED OVER THE AREA OF THE ACDNT AT ABOUT 1700 PST. THE HELICOPTER AIRCREWS FOUND AN OIL SLICK, A LNDG GEAR & OTHER REMNANTS OF THE ACFT; HOWEVER, THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE ACFT SANK & WAS NOT RECOVERED. CAUSE:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001213X30468
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
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