# Accident 20131023024669A: Beech A36, Burnsville, NC, October 23, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2013, 10:10 local time
- Place: Burnsville, NC
- Airport: Mountain Air
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8686° N, 82.3417° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8686&lon=-82.3417&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7257W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7257W-2014-05-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14CA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131023024669A

## Narrative

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

ON 10/23/2013 AT 1010 EDT, BEECHCRAFT A36 BONANZA, N7257W, REGISTERED TO 3 MANX AVIATION, LLC, IT DEPARTED THE END OF RUNWAY 32 AT MOUNTAIN AIR (2NC0) AIRPORT, BURNSVILLE NORTH CAROLINA, DURING AN ATTEMPTED LANDING IN GUSTY WINDS.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED; AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT JOHN C TUNE AIRPORT IN NASHVILLE, TN AT 07:42 CDT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91.

## 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 ERA14CA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA017), Oct 23, 2013: Beech A36 (N7257W), Burnsville, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to achieve a proper touchdown point during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion.

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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