# Accident 20120909019309A: Beech A36, Kansasville, WI, September 9, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2012, 11:52 local time
- Place: Kansasville, WI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6986° N, 88.1369° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6986&lon=-88.1369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3224G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3224G-2018-01-03) (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: 2,429 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12FA617](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12FA617) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120909019309A

## Narrative

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

N3224G, BE-A36, S/N: E-2924 DEPARTED FROM CHICAGO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (PWK) TO LAKELAND AIRPORT, MINOCQUA (ARV) ON 9/9/2012. AT 1648Z, 1148CDT N3224G WAS CLEARED BY MKE APPROACH DIRECT ARV, AT 1652Z, 1152CDT THE DATA BLOCK OF N3224G DISSAPPEARED FROM RADAR. ATTEMPTS TO REACH AIRCRAFT ON 121.5 WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. ACCORDING TO MKE APPROACH MOMENTS LATER THEY RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM KENOSHA TOWER (ENW) OF AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF AN AIRPLANE CRASH NEAR EAGLE LAKE. ACCORDING TO MKE ATC THE LAST ALTITUDE REPORTED WAS 6000 FT AND THERE WAS NO DISTRESS CALL MADE FROM N3224G AT THAT TIME. THE AIRCRAFT CRASH UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF EAGLE LAKE. THE HIGH ENERGY IMPACT AND THE POST CRASH FIRE DESTROYED THE AIRCRAFT. ONE PERSON ON BOARD (PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^) WAS FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 CEN12FA617](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12FA617), Sep 9, 2012: Beech A36 (N3224G), Kansasville, WI, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: In-flight loss of control for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination of the pilot and testing of the airplane did not reveal any anomalies that would have led to the…

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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