# Accident 20151029020879A: Raytheon Aircraft Company A36, Pottsville, AR, October 29, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 2015, 07:54 local time
- Place: Pottsville, AR
- Airport: Russeville
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2650° N, 93.0653° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2650&lon=-93.0653&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3BE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3BE-2019-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon A36 (registry code 7150001, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 12,716 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16FA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151029020879A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 29, 2015, APPROXIMATELY 0754 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY A36 AIRPLANE, N3BE, IMPACTED TERRAIN AFTER DEPARTING FROM THE RUSSELLVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT (RUE), RUSSELLVILLE, ARKANSAS. THE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE FATALLY INJURED AND THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO VALLEY MOTORS INC. UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT. DAY INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE FLIGHT, WHICH DEPARTED ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT PLAN WITH A DESTINATION OF MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT (TYS), KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE. THIS WAS AN ORIGINATING FLIGHT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 CEN16FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16FA024), Oct 29, 2015: Raytheon A36 (N3BE), Pottsville, AR, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a sufficient climb rate during departure in instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain.

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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