# Accident 19990919040939A: Beech A36TC, Franklinton, LA, September 19, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 1999, 12:58 local time
- Place: Franklinton, LA
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.8402° N, 90.1398° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8402&lon=-90.1398&mi=10
- Aircraft: N206WJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N206WJ-2000-05-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36TC (registry code 1151603, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36TC
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW99FA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99FA262) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990919040939A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS ENROUTE FROM BTR TO MONTGOMERY, AL (MGM), IFR, REPORTED INGINE OVER-TEMPERATURE PROBLEM TO HOUSTON CENTER. PILOT DIVERTED TO FRANKLINTON AIRPORT.  AIRCRAFT DESCENTED TO 15-35 FT AGL ABOVE RUNWAY 31, WITH LANDING GEAR ANF FLAPS EXTENDED.  AT THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY, WINESSES STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT ASSUMED A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE AND HEARD THE ENGINE POWER INCREASE.  THE AIRPLANE CLEARED A ROW OF TREES AND POWER LINES BEYONDAIRPORT PERIMETER AND THEN COLLIDED WITH 60 FOOT HIGH TREES.  AIRCRAFT CRASHED AND THEN BURNED.  PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER DIED AT SCENE, 2 PASSENGERS DIED AT THE HOSPITAL.  HECTOR CASANOVA FROM THE NTSB WAS AT THE SCENE.

## 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 FTW99FA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99FA262), Sep 19, 1999: Beech A36TC (N206WJ), Franklinton, LA, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent stall while attempting to clear trees during a go-around. Factors were the pilot's misjudgment of the airplane's distance and speed during the precautionary landing and the…

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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