Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary LAX85LA057

RIALTO, CA, USA

Aircraft #1

N60102

BEECH C24R

Analysis

AT ABOUT 0730 PST, WITNESSES NEAR THE LYTLE CREEK RANGER STATION, LOCATED NORTHWEST OF RIALTO, CA, HEARD AN ACFT CIRCLING LOW IN THE AREA, THEN HEARD THE SOUND OF IMPACT NEARBY. THE WX AT THE TIME WAS DESCRIBED AS OVERCAST WITH ZERO VISIBILITY IN FOG & LIGHT DRIZZLE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT WHEN THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT TELEPHONED THE TUCSON, AZ, FSS FOR A WX BRIEFING, HE WAS ADVISED THAT VISUAL FLIGHT RULES FLT TO SAN JOSE, CA, WAS NOT RECOMMENDED.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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