# Accident 19840814040389A: Beech A36, Banner Elk, NC, August 14, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1984, 08:00 local time
- Place: Banner Elk, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1590° N, 81.8678° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Banner Elk, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1590&lon=-81.8678&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2864W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,990 total, 1,990 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL84FMG05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84FMG05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840814040389A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENCOUNTERED CLOUDS IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. TRIED TO CLIMB THROUGH CLOUDS AND STRUCK TREES ON A MOUNTAIN SIDE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL84FMG05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84FMG05), Aug 14, 1984: Beech A36 (N2864W), Banner Elk, NC, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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