# Accident 20120531009749A: Raytheon Aircraft Company A36, Macon, MS, May 31, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2012, 16:57 local time
- Place: Macon, MS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1102° N, 88.5590° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1102&lon=-88.5590&mi=10
- Aircraft: N976S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N976S-2015-05-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon A36 (registry code 7150001, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 342 total, 236 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12FA376](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12FA376) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120531009749A

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN WAS ENROUTE FROM KPIE TO KOUN ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN.  AIRCRAFT HAD DESCENDED FROM FL200 TO 12,000 FEET.  SIGNIFICANT CONVECTIVE WEATHER WAS IN THE AREA ALONG THE ROUTE OF FLIGHT.  ATC ADVISED THE PILOT OF THE WEATHER AND HE STATED HE HAD NEXRAD WEATHER ONBOARD AND ELECTED TO DEVIATE FROM ASSIGNED ROUTE TO FLY THROUGH A HOLE IN THE LINE OF STORMS AS DEPICTED ON HIS ONBOARD WEATHER DISPLAY.  CURRENT SIGMETS WERE ISSUED TWICE WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON THE FREQUENCY AND A REGIONAL JET IN THE VICINITY ELECTED TO DEVIATE AROUND THE WEATHER RATHER THEN TO PENETRATE IT.  RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST SHORTLY AFTER THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED THE "HOLE".  AIRCRAFT SUFFERED AN INFLIGHT BREAKUP.

## 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 ERA12FA376](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12FA376), May 31, 2012: Hawker Beechcraft A36 (N976S), Macon, MS, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to continue flight into an area of known thunderstorms, which resulted in an in-flight breakup. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of experience in actual…

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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