# Accident 20020908024899A: Beech A36, Grandcanyon, AZ, September 8, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2002, 10:35 local time
- Place: Grandcanyon, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0008° N, 112.5500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0008&lon=-112.5500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8261J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8261J-2005-12-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX02FA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02FA278) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020908024899A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N8261J WAS ON AN IFR CROSS COUNTRY FROM LAUGHLIN/BULLHEAD, ARIZONA (IFP) TO LIBERAL, KANSAS (LBL). WHILE IN THE VICINITY OF PEACH SPRINGS VOR (PCS), THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE AND RAIN. AT THIS POINT THERE WAS A LOSS OF CONTROL PROMOTING SPIRALING/SPINNING DESCENT AT THE IMPACT SITE.

## 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 LAX02FA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02FA278), Sep 8, 2002: Beech A36 (N8261J), Grand Canyon, AZ, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision and his failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an encounter with adverse weather conditions and the loss of control due to a stall.…

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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