# Accident 20100926050269A: Beech A36TC, Snook, TX, September 26, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 2010, 17:00 local time
- Place: Snook, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4903° N, 96.4697° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4903&lon=-96.4697&mi=10
- Aircraft: N468SG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N468SG-2011-03-16) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR SIO-520
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 1,043 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA559](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA559) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100926050269A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A DOWNWIND, DOWN HILL TAKEOFF FROM HIS PRIVATE GRASS RUNWAY.   THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO GAIN ALTITUDE AND IMPACTED THREE FENCE LINES BEFORE COMING TO A STOP IN A FIELD.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## 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 CEN10LA559](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA559), Sep 26, 2010: Beech A36TC (N468SG), Snook, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to recognize the change in wind velocity and his decision to make a downwind takeoff from the grass airstrip, which led to the airplane's degraded climb capability.

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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