Raytheon Aircraft Company A36 accident near Richwood, LA
On January 24, 2013, a Raytheon Aircraft Company A36 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Richwood, LA. 4 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- January 24, 2013
- Place
- Richwood, LA
- Aircraft
- Raytheon Aircraft Company A36 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 32.457°N, 92.075°W
- NTSB ID
- 20130124X94007
Official records · CEN13FA143
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- ATC 3 - Attachment 1 - ATC Specialist's Report: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- ATC 3 - Attachment 3 - Windows .wmv A/V playback of N980SS flight sequence: Document (WMV), on ntsb.gov
- ATC 3 - Attachment 4 - ATC Continuous data recording radar file for N980SS: Document (TXT), on ntsb.gov
- ATC 3 - Attachment 5 - ATC Radar Mode 3 data for N980SS: Document (TXT), on ntsb.gov
- Transcript of Radio Communications: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
**This report was modified on March 6, 2015. Please see the public docket for this accident to view the original report.**HISTORY OF FLIGHT On January 24, 2013, about 1345 central standard time, a Raytheon Aircraft Company (RAC) A-36 Bonanza, N980SS, impacted trees and terrain in a wooded area near Richwood, Louisiana, while on an instrument approach for landing at the Monroe Regional Airport (KMLU), Monroe, Louisiana. The commercial pilot and three passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was destroyed by the impact forces and a postcrash fire. The airplane was registered to, and operated per Central Flying Service, Inc., under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91, as a personal flight. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed, and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed and active. The flight originated from Beaumont Municipal Airport (KBMT), Beaumont, Texas, at 1225, and was destined for KMLU. At 1331, the pilot of the airplane checked in with KMLU approach control and reported he was at 7,000 feet msl. Radar track data showed the airplane southwest of the airport on about a 035 degree heading. At 1334:20, with the airplane approximately 37 miles from KMLU, the approach controller directed the pilot to turn left 15 degrees to join the localizer, to track the localizer course inbound, and to descend at the pilot's discretion to 2,000 feet msl. The pilot acknowledged. The airplane was sequenced to follow a King Air descending out of 12,000 feet. Radar showed the airplane at 7,000 feet msl and a groundspeed of 171 knots. At 1338:48, t
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during a missed approach in instrument meteorological conditions.
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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.
