# Accident 20050530009009A: Beech A36, Houston, TX, May 30, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2005, 15:15 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston-Southwest Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5061° N, 95.4767° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5061&lon=-95.4767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2015A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2015A-2006-04-24) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 870 total, 200 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05LA139) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050530009009A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 30, 2005, AT 1515 LOCAL TIME A BEECHCRAFT BE-36-A36 SERIAL NUMBER E-1306 REGISTERED AS N2015A, CRASHED DURING A GO-AROUND AT THE HOUSTON SOUTHWEST AIRPORT (AXH) ARCOLA, TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND BETWEEN TWO (2) TAXIWAYS AND THE RAMP APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF RUNWAY 27. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING THE LANDING ATTEMPT THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS DRIFTING TO THE LEFT AND WOULD NOT CORRECT TO THE RIGHT. HE THEN ADDED POWER, WHICH DID NOT HELP. AT THAT TIME HE ADDED FULL POWER AND RAISED THE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT NOTED THAT HE WAS NOT CIRCLING BUT WAS SURE THAT HE WAS NOT IN A STEEP ANGLE OF CLIMB. AT THAT POINT THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT WING DIPPED AND IMPACTED THE GROUND. THREE (3) PILOTS WITNESSED THE ACCIDENT ON THE GROUND THAT CONCURRED WITH THE PILOT EXCEPT THEY NOTED A HIGH ANGLE OF CLIMB AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS STALLED.

## 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 DFW05LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05LA139), May 30, 2005: Beech A36 (N2015A), Arcola, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control and airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall while attempting a go-around. A contributing factor was the quartering tailwind.

## Other reports on N2015A (1)

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

- [Incident 19980228012289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980228012289I), Feb 28, 1998: Beech A36 (N2015A), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: on February 28, 1998 at approximately 16:30 hours local time, during the landing phase of flight, at iws airport in Houston, Texas the Beechcraft…

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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