# Accident 19940917028159A: Beech A36, Barstow, MD, September 17, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1994, 08:50 local time
- Place: Barstow, MD
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5254° N, 76.6161° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Barstow, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5254&lon=-76.6161&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60360, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60360-2007-03-01) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO94FA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO94FA160) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940917028159A

## Narrative

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

PILOT BUZZED HIS HOME STRIP AND STRUCK POWERLINE TOWER OFF END OF STRIP. CRASHED AND BURNED. NO ANOMALIES FOUND.

## 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 BFO94FA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO94FA160), Sep 17, 1994: Beech A36 (N60360), Barstow, MD, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CLEARANCE FROM THE TOWER.

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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