# Accident 20090910025479A: Beech A36, Flat Rock, NC, September 10, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2009, 14:05 local time
- Place: Flat Rock, NC
- Airport: Asheville
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2544° N, 82.4628° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2544&lon=-82.4628&mi=10
- Aircraft: N888WD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N888WD-2011-04-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 0 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09FA514](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09FA514) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090910025479A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2009 AT 1413 EASTERN STANDARD TIME , A BEECH BONANZA A36 N888WD, REGISTERED TO LARRY J. YOUNGBLOOD COLLIDED WITH TRESS IN FLAT ROCK, NORTH CAROLINA.  THE CERTIFIED INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE WAS KILLED AND THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT FORCES.  THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91.  MARGINAL VISUAL ASHEVILLE METEROROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE LOCAL FLIGHT.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA (AVL) AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 LOCAL TIME.ACCORDING TO THE 911 CALLER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID HE WAS IN HIS BACK YARD WHEN HEARD THE ENGINE AT A CONSTANT RPM THEN A LOUD IMPACTED SOUND.  HE WENT UP THE HILL AND LOCATED THE AIRCRAFT.  HE STATED THAT VISIBILITY WAS VERY LIMITED APPROXIMATELY 150 YARDS DUE TO FOG.EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE FOUND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED.  EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE FOUND THE PROPELLER SEPARATED AND CURLED DUE TO STRIKING THE TREES PRIOR TO IMPACT WITH THE GROUND.  THE AIRPLANE HAS BEEN SECURED FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION.

## 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 ERA09FA514](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09FA514), Sep 10, 2009: Beech A36 (N888WD), Flat Rock, NC, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s attempt to maintain visual flight during instrument meteorological conditions, resulting in controlled flight into mountainous terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s…

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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