# Accident 20091027051259A: Hawker/Beec A36TC, Kalamazoo, MI, October 27, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 2009, 08:42 local time
- Place: Kalamazoo, MI
- Airport: Kalamazoo/Battle Creek  Intern
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2344° N, 85.5516° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KALAMAZOO/BATTLE CREEK INTL (AZO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2344&lon=-85.5516&mi=10
- Aircraft: CFFIH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HAWKER/BEEC A36TC
- Reported engine: TELEDYNE/CONTINENTAL TSIO-520
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 5,500 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091027051259A

## Narrative

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

JAMES GEORGE WILTON A CANADIAN CERTIFICATED AIR TRANSPORT CANADA PILOT CRASHED THE HAWKER/ BEECHCRAFT BE-A36TC THAT HE WAS OPERATING SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF. THE AIRCRAFT CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS DESTROYED. THE PILOT WAS SEVERLY BURNED AND DIED IN THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT REGISTERED IN CANADA TO 940492 ALBERTA INC, BOX 262, BRACEBRIDGE, ONTARIO, PIL1TC. MR. WILTON FILED IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM (KAZO)TO (CYQA)AND THE CEILING AT KAZO WAS 1600 FEET AGL.  HE DEPARTED RUNWAY 035 WHICH IS 6500 FT IN LENGTH AND AT MIDWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY (AT APPROX.300 FT. HIGH) ONE OF THE  AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS NOTICED HIS ENGINE GOT QUITE. HE RADIOED THE AIRCRAFT," DO YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES". THERE WAS NO REPLY BACK FROM THE DEPARTING AIRCRAFT.THE  CONTROLLER STATED IN HIS REPORT THAT THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE TRAILING BLACK SMOKE. THERE WERE FIVE PEOPLE PROVIDED WITNESS STATMENTS ON THE EVENT. A CONSENSUS OF THE FIVE WHITNESSES WAS THAT THE AIRCRAFT AT ABOUT 100 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND TURNED TO THE RIGHT AND DOVE INTO THE GROUND AND CAUGHT FIRE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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