| Crash location | 38.276389°N, 120.444722°W |
| Nearest city | Mountain Ranch, CA
38.228251°N, 120.540760°W 6.2 miles away |
| Tail number | N3717Q |
|---|---|
| Accident date | 09 Jun 2017 |
| Aircraft type | Beech 95 C55 |
| Additional details: | None |
On June 9, 2017, at an unknown time, a Beech 95-C55, N3717Q, impact heavily forested terrain near Mountain Ranch, California. The pilot/owner operated the airplane as a 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot was fatally injured, and the airplane was destroyed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed in the area of the accident site and no flight plan was filed. The flight departed Del Mar Farms Airport (CN99), Patterson, California, at 1355 and was destined for Columbia Airport (O22), Columbia, California.
A family concerned ALNOT (Alert Notification) was issued when the pilot did not arrive at Columbia Airport. They estimated the flight to be about 20 minutes.
The airplane was located by the Calaveras County Sheriff's Department on June 13, 2017.
The airplane came to rest inverted on a 65-degree slope, and was fragmented. The debris field extended from the top of the hill down toward a dry creek bed, with vegetation in the immediate vicinity of the empennage a brown discoloration consistent with fuel blight. The right engine remained with the main wreckage at the top of the hill. The left engine and fragments of the left wing were downhill, and the outboard two-feet of the left-wing tip were about 10 feet east of the wing and engine.
The airplane was recovered for further examination.