# Accident 20130804025769A: Beech A36, Alma, GA, August 4, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2013, 11:55 local time
- Place: Alma, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.6422° N, 82.6097° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6422&lon=-82.6097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1831W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1831W-2018-03-12) (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: 640 total, 300 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13FA349](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA349) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130804025769A

## Narrative

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

N1831W DEPARTED FERNANDINA BEACH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (FHB), FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA AROUND 1115 ON AUGUST 4, 2013, WITH THE INTENDED DESTINATION OF GWINNETT COUNTY AIRPORT-BRISCOE FIELD (LZU), LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA. N1831W WAS WORKED INITIALLY BY JACKSONVILLE ATCT (JAX) WHERE HANDLING WAS NORMAL AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION FROM THE AIRCRAFT OF ANY ISSUES. A RADAR HAND-OFF WAS ACCOMPLISHED BETWEEN JAX TO JACKSONVILLE ARTCC (ZJX). COMMUNICATIONS WERE SUCCESSFULLY TRANSFERRED TO ZJX. N1831W CHECKED ON ZJX SECTOR 29?S FREQUENCY AT 11:27AM AND WAS ISSUED THE CURRENT ALTIMETER SETTING. AT 11:51AM THE RADAR DATA TAG OF N1831W WENT INTO TO A COAST MODE. THE RADAR CONTROLLER (RC) ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT N1831W BUT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. AN ALERT NOTICE (ALNOT) WAS ISSUED AT 12:05PM; THE LAST KNOWN POSITION WAS THE ALMA, GA VOR (AMG) 325 60 DEGREE RADIAL AT 9 MILES. THE WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED BY GEORGIA STATE PATROL PERSONNEL AT 1:15PM. THERE WERE TWO CONFIRMED FATALITIES.

## 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 ERA13FA349](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA349), Aug 4, 2013: Beech A36 (N1831W), Alma, GA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: Descent from cruise flight until impact with trees and the ground for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination of the wreckage did not reveal any anomalies that would…

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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