# Accident 20150205001469A: Beech A36, Andrews, TX, February 5, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 2015, 00:48 local time
- Place: Andrews, TX
- Airport: Andrews County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3472° N, 102.5367° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3472&lon=-102.5367&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29AC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29AC-2018-03-05) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 38 in this make and model, 93 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA137) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150205001469A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 5, 2015, AT 00:48 CST, A BEECHCRAFT BONANZA A36 BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N29AC, WAS FLYING SOUTHBOUND AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT ANDREWS, TX.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  INSTRUMENT METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE PILOT AND FRONT PASSENGER WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED.  TWO OCCUPANTS IN THE BACK HAD NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM LOS LUNAS, NM (E98) ON FEBRUARY 4, 2015, AT 10:35 MST (11:35 CST).

## 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 CEN15LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA137), Feb 5, 2015: Beech A36 (N29AC), Andrews, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to note that icing conditions existed in the airport area despite having received that information in a preflight briefing, which resulted in his flight into an area of icing and…

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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