# Accident 19900908038399A: Beech B36TC, Baird, TX, September 8, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1990, 15:14 local time
- Place: Baird, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3891° N, 99.3898° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3891&lon=-99.3898&mi=10
- Aircraft: N169DD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N169DD-1991-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B36TC
- Reported engine: CONT IO550B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 603 total, 114 in this make and model, 86 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW90FA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90FA176) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900908038399A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL IN AREA OF THUNDERSTORM DEMOLISHED ON LEVEL GROUND IMPACT. PILOTS WERE ON PROHIBITING MEDICATIONS.

## 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 FTW90FA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90FA176), Sep 8, 1990: Beech 36 (N169DD), Baird, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE WHILE FLYING IN SEVERE WEATHER AND INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. THE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE A FACTOR.

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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