# Accident 20061009023059A: Beech 19A, Gunthertown, AL, October 9, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 2006, 07:35 local time
- Place: Gunthertown, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3819° N, 85.9072° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3819&lon=-85.9072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6974Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6974Q-2017-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 19A (registry code 1151214, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-19a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 19A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 269 total, 72 in this make and model, 63 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL07FA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07FA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061009023059A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT TOOK OFF FROM AUBURN-OPELIKA ROBERT G. PITTS AIRPORT IN AUBURN, ALABAMA ENROUTE TO MUFREESBORO, TENNESSEE. THE WEATHER BRIEFING THE PILOT OBTAINED PRIOR TO TAKE OFF WAS WIND 070-DEGREES AT 6 KNOTS, VISIBILITY 10 MILES, OVERCAST AT 1,200, FLIGHT NOT RECOMMENDED FOR VFR FLIGHT FROM AUBURN TO ANNISTON, ALABAMA. THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED ON OCTOBER 11, 2006 ON BURGESS PEAK AT AN ELEVATION OF 1,787 FEET. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND 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 ATL07FA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07FA005), Oct 9, 2006: Beech BE-19A (N6974Q), Gunthertown, AL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued flight from VMC into IMC conditions which resulted in an in-flight collision with rising terrain.

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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