# Accident 20030411030419A: Beech A36, Atlantic City, NJ, April 11, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 2003, 16:30 local time
- Place: Atlantic City, NJ
- Airport: Atlantic City International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4667° N, 74.6025° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4667&lon=-74.6025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N256PR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N256PR-2012-10-18) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD03FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD03FA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030411030419A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING AN ASR APPROACH TO RUNWAY 13. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TREES DURIN THE APPROACH TO ATLANTIC CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (ACY). INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 IAD03FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD03FA045), Apr 11, 2003: Beech A36 (N256PR), Pomona, NJ, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to follow instrument approach procedures. Factors in the accident included the pilot's lack of recent instrument experience and the instrument weather conditions.

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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