# Accident 20070913020909A: Beech A36TC, Burlington/Mou, WA, September 13, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2007, 10:00 local time
- Place: Burlington/Mou, WA
- Airport: Skagit Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.4933° N, 122.4550° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4933&lon=-122.4550&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1811Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1811Q-2008-04-14) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA07FA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07FA262) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070913020909A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2007 N1811Q IMPACTED A DENSE STAND OF TREES ABOUT 1 1/2 MILE NW OF THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 10 AT BAYVIEW-SKAGIT REGIONAL AIRPORT (BVS), BURLINGTON, WA. THE PRIVATE PILOT & HIS 2 PASSENGERS RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES, AND THE AIRCRAFT, WHICH WAS REGISTERED TO TEXTANA, INC., WAS DESTROYED BY THE IMPACT/POST-CRASH FIRE. THE 14 CFR 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM HAVRE, MT APPROXIMATELY 4 HOURS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING A GPS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 10 AT BVS. HE HAD ALREADY ATTEMPTED ONE APPROACH, BUT HAD EXECUTED A MISSED APPROACH PROCEDURE AND WAS ATTEMPTING A SECOND APPROACH. THE WEATHER DURING THE SECOND APPROACH WAS REPORTED A 100 FOOT OVERCAST CEILING, VISIBILITY WAS LESS THAN 1/4 MILE, AND THE TEMPERATURE/DEW POINT WAS ZERO DEGREES (12 DEGREES/12 DEGREES CELSIUS).

## 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 SEA07FA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07FA262), Sep 13, 2007: Beech A-36TC (N1811Q), Burlington, WA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to descend below the published minimum descent altitude (MDA), and his failure to maintain clearance from vertical objects during an instrument approach. Contributing to the…

## Other reports on N1811Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19860519024949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860519024949I), May 19, 1986: Beech A36TC (N1811Q), Great Falls, MT. Fuel flow indication dropped during climb. Returned for landing. Loose canon plug on fuel flow transducer.

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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