ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 35272
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Date: | Friday 28 June 1991 |
Time: | 23:14 LT |
Type: | Mitsubishi MU-2B-36A |
Owner/operator: | Jones Air Corporation |
Registration: | N2CJ |
MSN: | 726SA |
Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Goleta, Santa Barbara County, California -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Santa Monica, CA (SMO/KSMO) |
Destination airport: | Santa Barbara, CA (SBA/KSBA) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:During the final stages of a VOR approach to Runway 25 at Santa Barbara, the MU-2 was seen to make a left turn towards the south, away from the normal approach path. 'Seconds' after this the aircraft was seen in a steep, high speed descent which continued until impact with the water at a point some four miles east of the airport.
The accident happened at night (23:14 hours Local time) but In VMC (when the MU-2 diverted away from the approach path it was flying below the cloud). At the time of the accident a Skywest Metro III was also making a VOR approach to Runway 25 and was apparently relatively close to the MU-2. However, there is understood to be no evidence that the MU-2's turn was a collision avoidance manoeuvre. The Metro had been cleared for the approach while the MU-2 had not.
The NTSB determined the probable cause to be: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft after becoming spatially disoriented. Factors related to the accident were: darkness, low overcast cloud conditions, the pilot's decision to continue VFR flight into IMC which resulted in a near collision with another aircraft, his self induced pressure and diversion of attention while coping with the situation that he had encountered
All four persons on board (pilot and three passengers) were killed. Registration N2CJ cancelled by the FAA on April 23 1999 (8 years later)
Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: LAX91FA280 at
https://www.ntsb.gov/about/employment/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001212X17288&key=1 2. FAA:
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=N2CJ 3.
http://rzjets.net/aircraft/?page=12&typeid=247 4.
http://planecrashmap.com/plane/ca/N2CJ/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
13-Sep-2013 06:13 |
wf |
Updated [Operator, Location, Source] |
05-Mar-2016 00:08 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
05-Mar-2016 00:09 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
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