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| Date: | Sunday 15 March 1998 |
| Time: | 15:40 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft B95A Travel Air |
| Owner/operator: | Rogelio Rodriguez |
| Registration: | N569T |
| MSN: | TD-462 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3707 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360-B1E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Little River, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Little River, CA (048) |
| Woodland, CA (041) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The VFR pilot and passengers departed into an approximate 500-foot agl stratus deck off the end of the coastal runway. Witnesses observed the aircraft enter the stratus, come out, re-enter at a steep angle, and then descend from the stratus into the terrain.
Probable Cause: the pilot's inadvertent visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's improper weather evaluation.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX98FA113
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency, ] |
| 07-Apr-2024 14:20 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report, ] |
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