At 1555 Pacific time, a Beech A36TC descended into a three-story apartment building in the Fairfax District. The pilot and three passengers were killed. One person in the apartment building was killed and seven people were seriously injured. The flight had departed Santa Monica Municipal Airport about 10 minutes earlier and was en route to Las Vegas and then Sun Valley, Idaho. Witness accounts said the airplane was flying straight and level, then climbed into the clouds. Shortly after that, it came spinning toward the ground. The pilot had discussed with the tower controller the fact that there was cloud cover in the area and said he would try to pop through the broken stuff.
June 06, Los Angeles, Calif. / Beech Bonanza
At 1555 Pacific time, a Beech A36TC descended into a three-story apartment building in the Fairfax District. The pilot and three passengers were killed. One person in the apartment building was killed and seven people were seriously injured. The flight had departed Santa Monica Municipal Airport about 10 minutes earlier and was en route to Las Vegas and then Sun Valley, Idaho. Witness accounts said the airplane was flying straight and level, then climbed into the clouds. Shortly after that, it came spinning toward the ground. The pilot had discussed with the tower controller the fact that there was cloud cover in the area and said he would try to pop through the broken stuff....
Key Takeaways:
- A Beech A36TC aircraft crashed into a three-story apartment building in the Fairfax District, resulting in the deaths of the pilot, three passengers, and one person in the building, along with seven serious injuries.
- The flight had departed Santa Monica about 10 minutes prior, en route to Las Vegas, and witnesses reported the plane flying straight and level before climbing into clouds and then spinning to the ground.
- The pilot had previously discussed with air traffic control the presence of cloud cover and stated an intention to ascend through it.
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