# Accident 20030301008069A: Beech A36, Mount Airy, NC, March 1, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 2003, 20:30 local time
- Place: Mount Airy, NC
- Airport: Mount Airy/Surry County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4275° N, 80.5581° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4275&lon=-80.5581&mi=10
- Aircraft: N343BA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N343BA-2004-01-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO550B
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 690 total, 100 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL03FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03FA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030301008069A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT IN COMMAND RECEIVED IFR CLEARANCE FROM RALEIGH FSS VIA LAND LINE. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MOUNT AIRY (MWK) ENROUTE ELIZABETHTOWN (EYF). AIRCRAFT APPEARED ON GSO RADAR AND THEN QUICKLY WENT OFF OF RADAR. AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS FOUND APPROXIMATELY THREE MILES SOUTH OF AIRPORT. PILOT IN COMMAND AND FOUR PASSENGERS WERE KILLED.

## 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 ATL03FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03FA052), Mar 2, 2003: Beech BE-36A (N343BA), Mount Airy, NC, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: The pilots failure to maintain control of the aircraft due to spatial disorientation. A factor was low clouds.

## Other reports on N343BA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19831113057509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831113057509A), Nov 13, 1983: Beech A36 (N343BA), Satanta, KS, Substantial damage. Aircraft struck curb off edge of runway threshold on landing. Impact on left main gear bent rear wing spar.

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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