# Accident 20070901023349A: Beech A36, Elizabethton, TN, September 1, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2007, 10:33 local time
- Place: Elizabethton, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4336° N, 82.1028° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4336&lon=-82.1028&mi=10
- Aircraft: N326DK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N326DK-2010-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 1,744 total, 1,700 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA07FA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07FA137) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070901023349A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF THE ACCIDENT SITE REVEALED THE AIRPLANE FIRST IMPACTED SEVERAL TREES LOCATED ON UP SLOPING TERRAIN, THEN IMPACTED THE UP SLOPING TERRAIN LOCATED AT 36 DEGREES 26.021 MINUTES NORTH LATITUDE AND 082 DEGREES 06.418 MINUTES WEST LONGITUDE; THE ELEVATION AT THAT POINT WAS 3,400 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL. THE HEADING FROM THE FIRST OBSERVED TREE CONTACT TO THE GROUND IMPACT POINT WAS ORIENTED ON A MAGNETIC HEADING OF 020 DEGREES. THE AIRPLANE SLID SLIGHTLY DOWN SLOPE BEFORE COMING TO REST UPRIGHT ON A MAGNETIC HEADING OF 320 DEGREES. A POSTCRASH FIRE CONSUMED THE COCKPIT, CABIN, AND INBOARD SECTIONS OF BOTH WINGS. THE OUTER SECTIONS OF BOTH WINGS WERE SEPARATED BUT LOCATED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE MAIN WRECKAGE; THE LEADING EDGES OF BOTH WINGS EXHIBITED SEMI-CIRCULAR INDENTATIONS.

## 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 MIA07FA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07FA137), Sep 1, 2007: Beech A36 (N326DK), Elizabethton, TN, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: The poor in-flight planning by the pilot-in-command for flying towards rising terrain with inadequate clearance.

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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