# Accident 19960425008489A: Beech A36, Oklahoma City, OK, April 25, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1996, 12:09 local time
- Place: Oklahoma City, OK
- Airport: Expressway Airpark Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5200° N, 97.4790° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5200&lon=-97.4790&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2558W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2558W-1997-02-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO550B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 425 total, 330 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW96FA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96FA181) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960425008489A

## Narrative

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

TRYING TO LAND DOWNWIND STALLED ON GO AROUND. ADVISED BY UNICOM USE RUNWAY 02 TWICE, LANDED 20.CRASHED AND BURNED. (-23) AIRCRAFT OBSERVED MAKING TWO GO-AROUNDS AT 2EJ AIRPORT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND WITH A 15-20 KNOT TAILWIND. ON THIRD LANDING ATTEMPT, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AT MID-FIELD. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO EXECUTE A THIRD GO-AROUND. A NOSE-HIGH PITCH ATTITUDE WAS OBSERVED, FOLLOWED BY A STALL AND LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT CLIPPED THE CORNER OF A BUILDING, IMPACTED A SMALL TREE, AND CAME TO REST AGAINST ANOTHER TREE. BOTH FUEL TANKS WERE RUPTURED, CAUSING A POST-CRASH FIRE.

## 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 FTW96FA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96FA181), Apr 25, 1996: Beech A36 (N2558W), Oklahoma City, OK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's delay in aborting the landing and his failure to obtain/maintain sufficient airspeed during the aborted landing, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and collision with the 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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