Raytheon Aircraft Company A36 accident near Pottsville, AR
On October 29, 2015, a Raytheon Aircraft Company A36 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Pottsville, AR. 4 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- October 29, 2015
- Place
- Pottsville, AR
- Aircraft
- Raytheon Aircraft Company A36 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 35.265°N, 93.065°W
- NTSB ID
- 20151029X22502
Official records · CEN16FA024
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn October 29, 2015, at 0754 central daylight time, a Raytheon Aircraft Company A36 airplane, N3BE, impacted terrain shortly after departing from the Russellville Regional Airport (RUE), Russellville, Arkansas. The commercial-rated pilot and three passengers were fatally injured, and the airplane was destroyed. The airplane was registered to and operated by Valley Motors, Inc., under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Day instrument meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, which departed on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan with a planned destination of McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS), Knoxville, Tennessee. The flight was originating at the time of the accident. A mechanic at RUE noticed the airplane taxi out and depart normally from runway 7 with the engine sounding "excellent." A fixed base operator employee observed the airplane's takeoff to be normal with no engine anomalies. Two witnesses east of the airport heard the airplane on departure. One perceived the engine to be "cutting out," and the other noticed the engine "sputtering." An airport surveillance video camera recorded the airplane depart from runway 7 at RUE, which has a field elevation of 404 ft mean sea level (msl). The airplane subsequently impacted a ridge about 1 mile from the runway's departure end at an elevation of 620 ft msl. A postimpact fire consumed most of the airplane. PERSONNEL INFORMATIONThe pilot, age 65, held commercial pilot and flight instructor certificates with airplane single-engine land, multi-engine land, and
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain a sufficient climb rate during departure in instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain.
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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.
