# Accident 20010428007359A: Beech A36, Newport, RI, April 28, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2001, 09:35 local time
- Place: Newport, RI
- Airport: Newport State Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Location: 41.5236° N, 71.2831° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5236&lon=-71.2831&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55588, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55588-2015-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC01FA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01FA109) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010428007359A

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON 04/28/2001 AT APPROXIMATELY 0930, N55588, BE-36/A36 BONANZA DEPARTED NEWPORT STATE AIRPORT, NEWPORT RI. ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN IN VMC CONDITIONS WITH TWO PERSONS ONBOARD. AT APPROXIMATELY 0935 THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED RADIOED THAT HE WAS RETURNING TO UUU DUE TO A DOOR OPENING IN FLIGHT.  N55588 THEN CRASHED AND BURNED ON LAWTON CT. MIDDLETOWN, RI.  BOTH OCCUPANTS FATAL.

## 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 NYC01FA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01FA109), Apr 28, 2001: Beech A-36 (N55588), Middletown, RI, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed while landing.

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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