# Accident 20010805025389A: Beech B36TC, Weaverville, CA, August 5, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2001, 14:15 local time
- Place: Weaverville, CA
- Airport: Lonnie Pool Field/Weaverville
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7456° N, 122.9219° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7456&lon=-122.9219&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1109T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1109T-2013-07-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon B36TC (registry code 7150008, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-b36tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B36TC
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX01FA270](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01FA270) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010805025389A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT OF N1109T DEPARTED ON A RUNWAY THAT IS CLOSED TO TAKEOFFS DUE TO AN UPHILL GRADIENT OF 3 1/2 DEGREES. THERE IS RISING TERRAIN AND TREES ON THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THE UP SLOPE AND MAKES TAKEOFFS ON THE RUNWAY VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE.

## 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 LAX01FA270](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01FA270), Aug 5, 2001: Beech B36TC (N1109T), Weaverville, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's selection of the wrong runway, which resulted in an attempted takeoff uphill in a prevailing tailwind toward rising terrain and high obstacles. Also causal was the pilot's loading of 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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