# Accident 20151112020669A: Beech A36, Lancaster, CA, November 12, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 2015, 19:55 local time
- Place: Lancaster, CA
- Airport: General Wm J Fox Airfield
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6694° N, 118.4736° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6694&lon=-118.4736&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78CR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78CR-2018-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520-BB (registry code 17231, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-bb) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-520-BB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 27 in this make and model, 103 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR16LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151112020669A

## Narrative

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

ON 11/12/2015 ABOUT 19:30 PST N78CR WAS IFR ENROUTE FROM BFL TO WJF. AT 11,000 FEET ALTITUDE, N78CR REQUESTED THE RNAV APPROACH TO RWY 6 AT WJF FROM JOSHUA APPROACH. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN CLEARED BY JOSHUA APPROACH TO JILMU INTERSECTION, CLEARED TO DESCEND TO 7000 FEET, AND CLEARED DIRECT TO HONUL AT OR ABOVE 7000 FEET. N78CR THEN PROCEEDED PAST HONUL, MADE A RIGHT TURN BACK TOWARDS JILMU, REQUESTED CLEARANCE FOR THE APPROACH, AND WAS CLEARED FOR THE APPROACH TO RWY 6. THE AIRCRAFT THEN STARTED ITS DESCENT ABOUT 1 MILE WEST OF HONUL. ABOUT 19:55 PST THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK SEVERAL TREES THEN IMPACTED THE GROUND AT 4,230 FEET ELEVATION. THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEARS WERE IN THE EXTENDED POSITION.

## 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 WPR16LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA028), Nov 13, 2015: Beech A36 (N78CR), Lancaster, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's failure to comply with published instrument approach procedures during an instrument approach in dark night, visual meteorological conditions, which resulted in impact with…

## Other reports on N78CR (1)

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

- [Incident 20150320005319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150320005319I), Mar 20, 2015: Beech A36 (N78CR), Oxnard, CA, Minor damage. N78CR landed at koxr wheels up on runway 25 on 3/20/15 at 1335 local time. Inspection of aircraft revealed damage to both flaps, nose landing gear doors,…

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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