9 fatal · Beech 65-A90 · 2001-01-15 · Lake Point, UT, USA
Event
NTSB number
DEN01FA041
Event ID
20010126X00364
Type
Accident
Date
2001-01-15
Location
Lake Point, UT, USA
Coordinates
40.683334, -112.349998
Injuries
Highest injury
FATL
Fatal
9
Serious
0
Minor
0
Uninjured
0
Total aboard
9
Aircraft
Make
Beech
Model
65-A90
Registration
N616F
FAR Part
091
Engines
2
Damage
DEST
Conditions
Light
NITE
Weather
IMC
Probable cause
the pilot's exercise of poor judgment and his failure to maintain a safe altitude/clearance above the water. Contributing factors were the weather conditions that included low ceiling and visibility obscured by snow and mist, an inadequately equipped airplane for flying in instrument meteorological conditions, and the pilot's overconfidence in his personal ability in that he had reportedly done this on two previous occasions.