# Accident 20151120021329A: Beech A36TC, Orlando, FL, November 20, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 2015, 11:15 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando Executive
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5200° N, 81.4044° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5200&lon=-81.4044&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7FG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7FG-2016-09-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36TC (registry code 1151603, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36TC
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,528 total, 36 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA16FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16FA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151120021329A

## Narrative

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

MR. ROBERT STIMMEL PILOT OF AIRCRAFT N7FG ACCOMPANIED BY ONE PASSENGER TOOK OFF FROM ORLANDO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (ORL) NOVEMBER 20, 2015 @ APPROXIMATELY 11:15 EST EN ROUTE TO GAINSVILLE, TEXAS (GLE). SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF, ATC INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO DESCEND TO 1,500 FEET TO AVOID FLYING THROUGH ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MCO) CLASS B AIRSPACE; THE PILOT OF N7FG RESPONDED TO THE SECOND ATC INSTRUCTION (THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM N7FG TO ATC?S FIRST INSTRUCTION TO DESCEND) BY STATING: ?I?M TRYING, PUSHING AS HARD AS I CAN ON THE YOKE?, THE PILOT INDICATED HE HAD AN AUTO-PILOT PROBLEM, HE WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE PITCH OF THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO RETURN BACK TO ORL. THE PILOT OF N7FG RECEIVED GUIDANCE TO DISENGAGE THE AUTO-PILOT FROM ANOTHER PILOT IN THE VICINITY. THE PILOT OF N7FG DID NOT UNDERSTAND THESE INSTRUCTIONS BASED ON HIS RESPONSE TO THE OTHER PILOTS ADVICE AS HEARD ON THE ATC TAPES.  N7FG SOON AFTER EXPERIENCED A NOSE DOWN UNCONTROLLABLE IMPACT INTO CLEAR LAKE (ACCORDING TO WITNESS STATEMENTS). SUBSEQUENTLY SUSTAINING TWO FATALITIES AND RENDERING THE AIRCRAFT TOTALLY DESTROYED. N7FG WAS FOUND SUBMERGED IN SHALLOW WATER APPROXIMATELY ON A 248 DEGREES RADIAL  AND 3.7 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE APPROACH END OF ORL RUNWAY 07.

## 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 ERA16FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16FA043), Nov 20, 2015: Beech A36TC (N7FG), Orlando, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed while turning to join the final approach leg of the airport traffic pattern with full airplane-nose-up trim, which resulted in the airplane exceeding…

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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