# Accident 19871025060739A: Beech A36, Mitchell, SD, October 25, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1987, 19:27 local time
- Place: Mitchell, SD
- Airport: Mitchell Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7297° N, 98.0307° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7297&lon=-98.0307&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1257E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1257E-1990-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BA
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 642 total, 40 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN88FA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88FA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871025060739A

## Narrative

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

HIT GROUND WHILE EXECUTING A TURN FOR FINAL APPROACH TO AIRPORT. INDICATES PILOT NEGLECTED TO CHECK ALTITUDE.

## 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 DEN88FA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88FA016), Oct 26, 1987: Beech A-36 (N1257E), Mitchell, SD, destroyed, 3 fatal

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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