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2008/12/02

Coalinga Crash Kills One


What: single-engine BE 36 Beechcraft Bonanza en route from Long Beach to the Harris Ranch
Where: Coalinga
When: 8:30 p.m. Sunday.
Who: Fifty-one-year-old Marya Yee died of her injuries at a Fresno hospital. Two others were injured.
Why: dense fog forced the pilot to abort the landing and turn back to Santa Barbara; then plane lost power . 16 local flights were delayed late Sunday and Monday morning because of fog.

2 comments:

David Isaak said...

Does this strike you as a little like the Porterville Beechcraft Bonanza crash that happened just a few days before, also in the Central Valley? Same plane, both lost power after aborting a landing...

Anonymous said...

Yes. One always wonders what the common cause is--not that two events is a cluster, but one must always wonder, did something wear out at the same time? Is the common factor something that is preventable?