CAMP PENDLETON, CA, USA
N8888M
BEECH V35B
AS THE ACFT WAS NEARING ITS DESTN AT NGT, THE PLT CONTACTED TRACON & REQD RADAR ADVISORIES & CLNC INTO THE TERMINAL AREA. RADAR CONTACT WAS ESTABLISHED WHEN THE ACFT WAS 6 MI NW OF OCEANSIDE VOR AT 1500' MSL. THIS PLACED THE ACFT IN A RESTRICTED AREA (R-2533). THE CONTROLLER ASKED THE PLT IF HE COULD CLIMB, BUT THERE WAS NO REPLY. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST. A WITNESS, WHO WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 101, SAW THE LIGHTS OF AN ACFT BEFORE IT DSCNDD INTO THE OCEAN. THE WITNESS RPRTD THERE WAS A 'RAIN SQUALL' IN THE VICINITY & THE VISIBILITY WAS REDUCED. LATER, THE OCCUPANTS & PIECES OF WRECKAGE WERE WASHED ASHORE; HOWEVER, THE MAIN WRECKAGE WAS NOT RECOVERED. THE PLT'S MED CERT WAS NOT VALID FOR NGT FLT OR FOR COLOR SIGNAL CONTROL.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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