# Accident 20130326004079A: Beech A36, Fort Stockton, TX, March 26, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2013, 19:00 local time
- Place: Fort Stockton, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.9156° N, 102.9161° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9156&lon=-102.9161&mi=10
- Aircraft: N888TT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N888TT-2018-03-07) (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: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,318 total, 11 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13CA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA207) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130326004079A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 26, 2013 AT APPROXIMATELY 19:00 CDT, N888TT, A BEECHCRAFT,  MODEL A-36, WAS PERFORMING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION IN THE VICINITY OF FORT STOCKTON-PECOS COUNTY AIRPORT LOCATED IN FORT STOCKTON, TEXAS, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE DURING AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING.  PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT, THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS PERFORMING UPGRADE TRAINING FOR COMPLEX AIRCRAFT ENDORSEMENT WITH THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR.   WIND DIRECTION WAS REPORTED AT 160 DEGREES AT 11 KNOTS AND GUSTING TO 24 KNOTS, DURING TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

THE AIRCRAFT OWNER, WHO HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE AND A CURRENT FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATE, WAS PILOT IN COMMAND OF THE AIRCAFT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE, WINGS, ENGINE PROPELLER BLADES AND ALL THREE LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLIES.  BOTH PILOTS WERE UNINJURED AND ABLE TO EXTRICATE THEMSELVES FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CEN13CA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA207), Mar 27, 2013: Beech A36 (N888TT), Fort Stockton, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot inadvertently switching the fuel selector to the OFF position and the flight instructor's failure to monitor the student pilot's actions.

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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