# Accident 20101026051279A: Beech B36TC, Rienzi, MS, October 26, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 2010, 09:55 local time
- Place: Rienzi, MS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7608° N, 88.5297° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7608&lon=-88.5297&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8045Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8045Y-2014-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B36TC (registry code 1151609, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b36tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B36TC
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 613 total, 300 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11FA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101026051279A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 26, 2010 APPROXIMATELY 0925 (CDT), N8045Y DEPARTED OLIVE BRANCH AIRPORT (OLV). APPROXIMATELY 0955 (CDT) N8045Y SUSTAINED AN IN-FLIGHT BREAK-UP. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT RADAR INDICTAED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA. ADDITIONALLY, WITNESSES STATED HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS PREVAILED AT THE TIME THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS SCATTERED OVER APPROXIMATELY A 15 MILE TRACK. ABOUT 70% OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED AFTER 3 DAY SEARCH.

## 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 ERA11FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11FA036), Oct 26, 2010: Beech B36TC (N8045Y), Rienzi, MS, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued flight into known adverse weather conditions. Contributing to the accident was the air traffic controller's failure to provide precipitation information to the pilot as required.

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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