# Accident 20051108027199A: Beech A36, Datil, NM, November 8, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2005, 14:35 local time
- Place: Datil, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3683° N, 107.7186° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3683&lon=-107.7186&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1548Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1548Y-2017-06-14) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 9,000 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN06FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06FA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051108027199A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 8, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1245 MST, A BEECH BE-36, A SINGLE ENGINE AIRPLANE, N1548Y, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN WHILE MANEUVERING ON THE DOUBLE H RANCH NEAR DATIL, NEW MEXICO. THE PRIVATE PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED THE BLOCK RANCH AIRPORT, CAPTAIN, NEW MEXICO, APPROXIMATELY 1100 MST, AND WAS DESTINED FOR PHOENIX DEER VALLEY AIRPORT, PHOENIX, ARIZONA.

## 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 DEN06FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06FA013), Nov 8, 2005: Beech A36 (N1548Y), Datil, NM, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's loss of control during flight as a result of incapacitation due to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

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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