# Accident 20061010027219A: Beech A36, Hays, KS, October 10, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2006, 20:00 local time
- Place: Hays, KS
- Airport: Hays Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3444° N, 98.8592° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3444&lon=-98.8592&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1801V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1801V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO550B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 869 total, 373 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN07LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07LA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061010027219A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 10, 2006, AT 2000 CST, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT FROM SCOTT CITY, KS (KTQK) TO HAYS, KANSAS (KHYS). CONDITIONS WERE IMC AND THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS. THE PILOT BECAME DISORIENTED AND HAD DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. KANSAS CITY CENTER PROVIDED FLIGHT ASSISTANCE TO THE PILOT AND DIRECTED HIM TO VMC CONDITIONS. THE PILOT LANDED SAFELY AT GREAT BEND, KS (KGBD) WITHOUT INJURY. ON DECEMBER 22, 2006 IT WAS DISCOVERED THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE FROM EXCESSIVE G FORCES DURING THE UNUSUAL ATTITUDES THAT HAD OCCURRED.

## 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 DEN07LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07LA040), Oct 10, 2006: Beech A-36 (N1801V), Great Bend, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's spatial disorientation and subsequent loss of aircraft control while changing radio frequencies and abruptly applying control forces in excess of the design limits of the airframe.

## Other reports on N1801V (1)

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

- [Accident 19920103052569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920103052569A), Jan 3, 1992: Beech A36 (N1801V), Milwaukee, WI, Substantial damage. Landed fast on last third of runway. Unable to stop. Overran runway. Broke out of clouds late. Dh not adhere too.

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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