1 fatal · SOCATA TB-20 · 2010-05-22 · Happy Camp, CA, USA
Event
NTSB number
WPR10LA259
Event ID
20100524X74604
Type
Accident
Date
2010-05-22
Location
Happy Camp, CA, USA
Coordinates
41.738056, -123.391113
Injuries
Highest injury
FATL
Fatal
1
Serious
0
Minor
0
Uninjured
0
Total aboard
1
Aircraft
Make
SOCATA
Model
TB-20
Registration
N3041Y
FAR Part
091
Engines
1
Damage
SUBS
Conditions
Light
DAYL
Weather
VMC
Probable cause
The pilot’s inadequate preflight planning and decision to continue to operate under visual flight rules into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in an encounter with an embedded thunderstorm and rain showers and moderate to severe turbulence, which ultimately resulted in the loss of airplane control.