# Accident 20031225035119A: Beech A36TC, Las Vegas, NV, December 25, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 25, 2003, 13:22 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas Air Terminal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2017° N, 115.1942° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2017&lon=-115.1942&mi=10
- Aircraft: N364JR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N364JR-2012-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36TC (registry code 1151603, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36TC
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 6
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04FA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04FA078) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031225035119A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 25, 2003, AT 1322 PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, A BEECH A36TC, N364JR, COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN DURING TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 12 AT NORTH LAS VEGAS (VGT) NEVADA. THE PILOT/OWNER WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT AND FIVE PASSENGERS SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES; THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED. FIRE CONSUMED THE CABIN, LEFT WING, AND ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE PERSONAL CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT WAS ENROUTE TO BULLHEAD CITY, ARIZONA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE PRIMARY WRECKAGE WAS AT 36 DEGREES 12.104 MINUTES NORTH LATITUDE AND 115 DEGREES 11.395 MINUTES WEST LONGITUDE, AND WAS NEAR THE AIRPORT PERIMETER FENCE.

## 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 LAX04FA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04FA078), Dec 25, 2003: Beech A36TC (N364JR), North Las Vegas, NV, destroyed, 6 fatal. Probable cause: An in-flight collision with terrain for an undetermined reason while the pilot was maneuvering to return for a landing during an unknown emergency.

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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