# Accident 20121025025719A: Beech A36, Hooksett, NH, October 25, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2012, 13:07 local time
- Place: Hooksett, NH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0414° N, 71.4689° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0414&lon=-71.4689&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4325W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4325W-2014-11-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 9,152 total, 9,152 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121025025719A

## Narrative

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

PIC SUFFERED A CATASTRPOHIC HEART ATTACK WHILE INFLIGHT.AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON MEDIAN STRIP NEAR I-93 AFTER STRIKING A LIGHT STANTION. AIRCRAFT DESTROYED, BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE KILLED.

## 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 ERA13FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA039), Oct 25, 2012: Beech A36 (N4325W), Hooksett, NH, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's total incapacitation in flight due to an acute heart attack.

## Other reports on N4325W (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20100817051979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100817051979I), Aug 17, 2010: Beech A36 (N4325W), Nashua, NH, Minor damage. Cleared for GPS approach @wst heard clunk on left main. Tried for over an hour to crank gear down unsuccessfully. Had two green (nose & rt main) flew to Nashua…
- [Accident 19930706022799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930706022799A), Jul 6, 1993: Beech A36 (N4325W), Falmouth, MA, Substantial damage. Hard landing bonce came down on nose gear. Nose gear torn off. Damaged prop. Destroyed engine. Blamed wind gust.
- [Incident 19790622017299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790622017299I), Jun 22, 1979: Beech 36BEECH (N4325W), Beaumont, TX, Minor damage. Taxied behind a holding large prop jet, was blown off the runway into a REIL when the propjet applied power

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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