# Accident 20071017825279A: Beech A36, Jenks, OK, October 17, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2007, 14:03 local time
- Place: Jenks, OK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9858° N, 96.0003° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9858&lon=-96.0003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N978TL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N978TL-2010-03-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BA
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 200 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08FA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08FA015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071017825279A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 10-17-2007 AT APPROX. 2:00 PM, A BE-A36 WITH FIVE (5) SOULS ON BOARD DEPARTED RIVERSIDE AIRPORT, TULSA OK. FOR AN IFR FLIGHT TO SUGARLAND, TX. APPROX. THREE (3) MILES SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH HIGH VOLTAGE POWERLINES IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOTALLY CONSUMED BY FIRE AND ALL ON BOARD RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. WEATHER AT THE TIME OF DEPARTURE WAS VFR.

## 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 DFW08FA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08FA015), Oct 17, 2007: Beech A36 (N978TL), Glenpool, OK, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane after departure, which resulted in a collision with power lines. A factor was the high winds.

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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