# Accident 20070622014859A: Beech A36TC, Cannon Falls, MN, June 22, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 2007, 14:17 local time
- Place: Cannon Falls, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3694° N, 92.8350° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3694&lon=-92.8350&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3671S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3671S-2010-04-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36TC (registry code 1151603, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36TC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 459 total, 14 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07FA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07FA176) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070622014859A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED DU PAGE IL (DPA) ON 06/22/07 @ APPROX. 1230 LOCAL TIME. INTENDED DESINATION WAS LAKE VILLE MN (LVN). THERE WAS NO FLT PLAN FILED. PILOT CONTACTED RALEIGH FLT SERVICE FOR WEATHER, HOWEVER DUE TO PROBLEMS WITH HIS CELL PHONE HE WAS NOT ABLE TO COMPLETE HIS BRIEFING AND MADE MENTION HE WILL USE FLIGHT FOLLOWING ON THE WAY. PRIOR TO ACCIDENT PILOT WAS IN CONTACT WITH RST ATCT AND WAS MANEUVERING TO MAINTAIN VFR. PILOT WAS HANDED OFF AND FREQ CHANGE TO MSP CENTER @ 1355 LOCAL TIME. PILOT CHECKED IN WITH MSP CENTER @ 1410 LOCAL TIME. HE WAS ADVISED OF WX BETWEEN HIS POSITION AND DESTINATION. PILOT REPORTED WX WAS DETERIORATING AND WAS REVERSING COURSE. MSP CENTER LOST RADAR CONTACT @ 1417 LOCAL TIME. AIRCRAFT CRASHED AND PILOT WAS A FATAL. LOCATION WAS IN A CORN FIELD ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

## 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 CHI07FA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07FA176), Jun 22, 2007: Beech A36TC (N3671S), Cannon Falls, MN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientaton and loss of control.

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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