# Accident 19920629022189A: Beech A36TC, Ballantine, MT, June 29, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 1992, 08:35 local time
- Place: Ballantine, MT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8909° N, 108.0899° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8909&lon=-108.0899&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3696R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3696R-2013-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36TC (registry code 1151603, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36TC
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520UB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,059 total, 211 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA92FA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA92FA140) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920629022189A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO CLOUD OBSCURED HILL APPROACHING BILLINGS. POSSIBLE IMPAIRMENT DUE TO MEDICATION.

## 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 SEA92FA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA92FA140), Jun 29, 1992: Beech A36TC (N3696R), Ballantine, MT, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT AND HIS CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. FACTORS RELATING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE HILLY TERRAIN.

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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