NTSB AVIATION ACCIDENT/INCIDENT DATABASE REPORT

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1985, 3f4fg16sg62mg, within 1 mile of Buchanan Field.
(Sun Valley Mall Crash)

   Data Source:                          NTSB AVIATION ACCIDENT/INCIDENT DATABASE
   Report Number:                        LAX86MA074 
   Local Date:                           12/23/1985
   Local Time:                           2036 PST
   State:                                CA    
   City:                                 CONCORD                            
   Airport Name:                         BUCHANAN FIELD           
   Airport Id:                           CCR   
   Event Type:                           ACCIDENT
   Injury Severity:                      FATAL  
   Report Status:                        FINAL      
   Mid Air Collision:                    NO 

   Category of Operation:                GENERAL AVIATION       
   Aircraft Type:                        AIRPLANE       
   Aircraft Damage:                      DESTROYED        
   Phase of Flight:                      560 APPROACH                                          
   Aircraft Make/Model:                  BEECH BE-95-A55                 
   Operator Doing Business As:                                         
   Operator Name:                        ARK DISTIBUTING CO., INC.     
   Operator Code:                        
   Operator:                                                                       
   Owner Name:                           SALE REPORTED                 

   DRG ARR, THE ACFT WAS VECTORED FOR AN LDA RWY 19R APCH. AFTER BEING 
   CLRD FOR THE APCH, THE PLT WAS ADVISED THAT RADAR SVC WAS TERMINATED & 
   TOLD TO CONTACT THE TWR. AT 2033 PST, HE RPRTD INBND AT THE FINAL APCH 
   FIX & WAS CLRD FOR THE APCH. APRX 2 MIN LATER, HE DECLARED A MISSED 
   APCH. THE TWR CONTROL LER (CTLR) INSTRUCTED THE PLT TO CONTACT TRAVIS 
   DEP CTL, BUT ONLY A "GARBLED" REPLY WAS HEARD. THERE WAS NO FURTHER RDO 
   C ONTACT WITH THE ACFT. AFTER CROSSING THE ARPT ON A SSE HDG, THE ACFT 
   ENTERED A LEFT CLBG TURN AS IF TO BEGIN THE MISSED APCH PROCEDURE, THEN 
   IT TURNED RGT AS IF TO BEGIN A DWNWND & BASE LEG FOR RWY 1L. WITNESSES 
   RPRTD THE ACFT ENTERED CLDS & SHORTLY THEREAFTER, IT REAPPEARED IN A 
   STEEP, DSCNDG, RGT TURN. IT THEN CRASHED INTO A DEPT STORE APRX 1 MI 
   SOUTH OF T HE ARPT WHILE IN A 32 DEG RGT BANK, 6 DEG NOSE LOW ATTITUDE. 
   NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE/MALFUNCTION WAS FND THAT WOULD HAV E LED TO 
   THE ACDNT. THE WX (IN PART) WAS: 400' OBSCD, VIS 3/4 MI WITH FOG; SAME 
   AS LDA MINS. MINS FOR CIRCLING APCH WE RE 600' & 1 MI. NO COCKPIT VOICE 
   RECORDER INSTALLED OR REQD.

   Occurrence #: 1  250 LOSS OF CONTROL - IN FLIGHT
   Phase of Operation: 569 MISSED APPROACH (IFR)

           Findings
           Subject - Modifier - Personnel Cause/Factor

     1a.   20100(S) - 2305(M)  Factor
           LIGHT CONDITION - DARK NIGHT
     2a.   20000(S) - 2214(M)  Factor
           WEATHER CONDITION - LOW CEILING
     3a.   20000(S) - 2206(M)  Factor
           WEATHER CONDITION - FOG
     4b.   24544(S) - 3118(M) - 4001(P)
           MISSED APPROACH - INITIATED -          
     5b.   24024(S) - 3124(M) - 4000(P)  Factor
           IFR PROCEDURE - NOT FOLLOWED - PILOT IN COMMAND
     6b.   24500(S) - 3127(M) - 4000(P)  Cause
           AIRCRAFT HANDLING - NOT MAINTAINED - PILOT IN COMMAND
     6dir. 43400(S) - 5000(P)  Cause
           SPATIAL DISORIENTATION - PILOT IN COMMAND
     7b.   24550(S) - 3113(M) - 4000(P)  Cause
           SPIRAL - INADVERTENT - PILOT IN COMMAND

   Occurrence #: 2  220 IN FLIGHT COLLISION WITH OBJECT
   Phase of Operation: 568 APPROACH - CIRCLING (IFR)

           Findings
           Subject - Modifier - Personnel Cause/Factor

     1a.   20200(S) - 2508(M)
           OBJECT - BUILDING (NONRESIDENTIAL)

   Number of Seats:                      4  
   Aircraft Use:                         PERSONAL           
   Type of Operation:                    14 CFR 91 
   Domestic/International:                            
   Passenger/Cargo:                                        
   Registration Number:                  1494G 
   Air Carrier Operating Certificates:   
   Aircraft Fire:                        ON GROUND

                  Injuries
          Fatal  Serious  Minor  None
   Crew      1       0       0      0
   Pass      2       0       0      0
   Other     4      17      62      0
   Invlvd    7      17      62      0


   Landing Gear:                         TRICYCLE-RETRACTABLE
   Certificated Maximum Gross Weight:    4800
   Engine Make:                          CONTINENTAL  
   Engine Model:                         IO-470-L     
   Number of Engines:                     2
   Engine Type:                          RECIPROCATING-FUEL INJECTED 

   Basic Weather Conditions:             INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC)
   Wind Direction (deg):                 30
   Wind Speed (knots):                   9
   Visibility (sm):                      1
   Visibility RVR (ft):                  0
   Visibility RVV (sm):                  0
   Cloud Height Above Ground Level (ft): 400
   Visibility Restrictions:              FOG (F)
   Precipitation Type:                   NONE
   Light Condition:                      NIGHT (DARK)
   Departure Airport Id:                 SBP 
   Departure City:                       SAN LUIS OBISPO
   Departure State:                      CA
   Destination Airport Id:                   
   Destination City:                                    
   Destination State:                      
   Flight Plan Filed:                    NONE
   ATC Clearance:                        IFR
   VFR Approach/Landing:                 NONE
   Event Location:                       OFF AIRPORT/AIRSTRIP

   Certificates:                         COMMERCIAL, FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR
   Ratings:
     Plane:                              SINGLE ENGINE LAND, MULTIENGINE LAND
     Non-Plane:                          GLIDER
     Instrument:                         AIRPLANE
   Had Current BFR:                      YES
   Months Since Last BFR:                7
   Medical Certificate:                  CLASS 2
   Medical Certificate Validity:         VALID MEDICAL-WITH WAIVERS/LIMITATIONS

              Flight Time (Hours)
   Total       :  15351  Last 24 Hrs :    0
   Make/Model  :      0  Last 30 Days:    0
   Instrument  :    860  Last 90 Days:    0
   Multi-Engine:      0  Rotorcraft  :    0