# Accident 20131111020469A: Raytheon Aircraft Company B36TC, Amarillo, TX, November 11, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 2013, 07:00 local time
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Airport: Rick Husband International Air
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2506° N, 101.6758° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2506&lon=-101.6758&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4245D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4245D-2014-05-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon B36TC (registry code 7150008, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-b36tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY B36TC
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14FA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131111020469A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED LUBBOCK PRESTON SMITH WITH IFR FLIGHT PLAN FOR AMARILLO TRADEWIND AIRPORT AND MISSED APPROACH.  ATTEMPTED AN APPROACH AT AMARILLO RICK HUSBAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND MISSED THAT APPROACH AT WHICH TIME AIRMAN LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AND CRASHED.

## 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 CEN14FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14FA047), Nov 11, 2013: Beechcraft B36TC (N4245D), Amarillo, TX, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The noninstrument-rated pilot’s improper decision to fly a night instrument approach in instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in the pilot’s spatial disorientation and loss of control…

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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