# Accident 19960813045549A: Beech A36, Roanoke, VA, August 13, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 1996, 00:20 local time
- Place: Roanoke, VA
- Airport: Roanoke Regional/Woodrum Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PE4A
- Location: 37.3825° N, 80.0315° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3825&lon=-80.0315&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1795W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1795W-1997-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO520B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,013 total, 82 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC96FA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96FA163) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960813045549A

## Narrative

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

OVERFLEW AIRPORT ON ILS APPROACH AND DESCENDING. BEGAN MISSED APPROACH BEYOND ROA AND STRUCK MOUNTAINSIDE. (.4) THE FLIGHT WAS CLEARED FOR THE ILS RUNWAY 33 APPROACH AND WAS APPROVED A FREQUENCY CHANGE, WHICH THE PILOT ACKNOWLEDGED. RADAR DATA REVEALED THAT THE FLIGHT WAS LEFT OF THE LOCALIZER COURSE AND ABOVE THE GLIDE SLOPE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE APPROACH. THE FLIGHT THEN OVER FLEW THE AIRPORT AT 4,100 FEET TO THE NORTHWEST WITH A CONTINUOUS DESCENT. THE PILOT'S LAST RECORDED TRANSMISSION, WHICH ENDED ABRUPTLY, WAS HIS INTENTIONS TO EXECUTE THE MISSED APPROACH, AT WHICH TIME THE RADAR DATA SHOWED THE FLIGHT ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT AT 2,700 FEET. THE WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT AT AN APPROXIMATE ELEVATION OF 2,600 FEET. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE DID NOT DISCLOSE EVIDENCE OF A MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION WITH THE AIRFRAME OR ENGINE. ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUMENT APPROACH PLATE, FOR THE ILS RUNWAY 33 APPROACH, THE MISSED APPROACH POINT WAS LOCATED PRIOR TO THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD AT A DECISION HEIGHT OF 1,660 FEET.

## 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 NYC96FA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96FA163), Aug 13, 1996: Beech A36 (N1795W), Roanoke, VA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to follow the published instrument approach procedures, and his delayed missed approach, which resulted in an inflight collision with mountainous 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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