# Accident 19931012040599A: Beech A36, Houston, TX, October 12, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 1993, 20:22 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial Arp
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0902° N, 95.6096° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0902&lon=-95.6096&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6198A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6198A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 970 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW94LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94LA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931012040599A

## Narrative

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

DESCENDED BELOW MDA ON IFR APPROACHED. WARNED BY TOWER PULLED UP AFTER HITTING GROUND. DIVERTED TO AXH LANDED OK.

## 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 FTW94LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94LA016), Oct 13, 1993: Beech A36 (N6198A), Tomball, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: WAS THE PILOT'S DISREGARD FOR AND CONTINUED DESCENT BELOW MDA AND HIS DELAY IN EXECUTING A GO AROUND.

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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