# Accident 20150529007909A: Beech A36, Plainview, TX, May 29, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2015, 21:15 local time
- Place: Plainview, TX
- Airport: Hale County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1656° N, 101.7156° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1656&lon=-101.7156&mi=10
- Aircraft: N221D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N221D-2018-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,026 total, 189 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15FA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA245) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150529007909A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 29, 2015, AT 2115 CDT, A BEECH BONANZA A36 BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N221D, REGISTERED TO MOTO AIR INC., DEPARTED RUNWAY 22 AT HALE COUNTY AIRPORT IN PLAINVIEW, TEXAS.  SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED AND BURST INTO FLAMES APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET SOUTH OF RUNWAY 22.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY WINDS IN THE VICINITY AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FROM KPVW TO 5C1.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE, AND THE PILOT AND HIS TWO PASSENGERS WERE FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 CEN15FA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA245), May 30, 2015: Beech A36 (N221D), Plainview, TX, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to take off ahead of an approaching severe thunderstorm, which resulted in an encounter with hazardous weather conditions that led to a loss of airplane control.

## Other reports on N221D (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19890509021309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890509021309I), May 9, 1989: Beech A36 (N221D), Fresno, CA. Reported no gear lights. Landed safely after gear down flyby. Gear lights dim due to nav lights on. Hard to see.

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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