Beech A36TC accident near Cannon Falls, MN
On June 22, 2007, a Beech A36TC (airplane) was involved in an accident near Cannon Falls, MN. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 22, 2007
- Place
- Cannon Falls, MN
- Aircraft
- Beech A36TC · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 44.369°N, 92.835°W
- NTSB ID
- 20070628X00822
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 22, 2007, at 1417 central daylight time, a Beech A36TC Bonanza, N3671S, was destroyed when it departed from cruise flight and impacted terrain about 10 miles south of Cannon Falls, Minnesota. The 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight departed DuPage Airport (DPA), West Chicago, Illinois, about 1230 and was en route to Air Lake Airport (LVN), Lakeville, Minnesota. The pilot, the sole occupant, was fatally injured. Marginal visual meteorological conditions (VMC) prevailed at LVN at the time of the accident. No flight plan was filed. The private pilot departed DPA in VMC. When the flight was near Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, the pilot requested visual flight rules (VFR) flight following, and a discrete transponder code was assigned to N3671S. The flight continued to receive VFR flight following while en route to LVN. At 1410:50, the pilot contacted Minneapolis Approach Control and reported that his altitude was 2,500 feet above mean sea level (msl). Approach control instructed the pilot that he could proceed direct to LVN, and informed him that there was moderate to heavy rain showers over LVN at the time. At 1413:08, the pilot reported to approach control that he was experiencing "poor visibility" and asked what the weather conditions were like ahead of him. He stated that he was considering turning 180 degrees to "go back." Approach control informed the pilot that instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) prevailed north of his position with moderate to heavy rain showers. At 1413:45, approach control asked the pilot if he was going
Probable cause
The pilot's continued flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientaton and loss of control.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
