Beech A-36TC accident near Burlington, WA
On September 13, 2007, a Beech A-36TC (airplane) was involved in an accident near Burlington, WA. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 13, 2007
- Place
- Burlington, WA
- Aircraft
- Beech A-36TC · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 48.493°N, 122.455°W
- NTSB ID
- 20070924X01433
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On September 13, 2007, about 0951 Pacific daylight time, a Beech A-36TC, N1811Q, impacted a tree growing out of a dense stand of brush and smaller trees about one and one-half mile northwest of the approach end of runway 10 at Skagit Regional Airport (Bayview), Burlington, Washington. The private pilot and his two passengers were killed in the accident, and the airplane, which was registered to Textana, Inc., was destroyed by the impact and post-crash fire. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, which departed Havre, Montana, about four hours prior to the accident, was on an Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flight plan. There was no report of an ELT activation. At the time of the accident, the pilot was attempting a Global Positioning System (GPS) approach to runway 10 at Skagit Regional Airport. He attempted one previous approach, but had executed a missed approach procedure, and was making a second attempt. During the period of time that he was attempting the two approaches, the reported ceiling was 100 feet overcast, the visibility was one-quarter mile, and the temperature/dew point spread was zero degrees (12 degrees Celsius/12 degrees Celsius). Shortly after the pilot's departure from Havre, he contacted Salt Lake Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC), and was assigned an en route IFR altitude of 12,000 feet. About 45 minutes after his initial contact with Salt Lake Center, the pilot was assigned an altitude of 13,000 feet for terrain clearance. About one hour after being cleared to 13,000 feet, the pilot made contact with Seattle Flight Watch in order t
Probable cause
The pilot's decision to descend below the published minimum descent altitude (MDA), and his failure to maintain clearance from vertical objects during an instrument approach. Contributing to the accident were low ceilings, inadequate preflight planning, and trees.
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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.
