# Accident 20151222022759A: Beech A36, Lebanon, PA, December 22, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 2015, 17:30 local time
- Place: Lebanon, PA
- Airport: Deck
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3522° N, 76.3297° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3522&lon=-76.3297&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4314S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4314S-2018-03-22) (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: 4
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 926 total, 132 in this make and model, 144 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA16LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151222022759A

## Narrative

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

THE PIC DEPARTED RUNWAY 19 AT DECK AIRPORT, PA. (9D4), AND CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 1,000 FEET EAST OF THE SOUTH END OF THE RUNWAY. ALL FOUR OCCUPANTS ON BOARD WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND HAD SERIOUS INJURIES.

THE PIC WAS INTERVIEWED AND STATED THAT HE CHECKED THE WEATHER BEFORE DEPARTURE FOR THE SURROUNDING AREA AND FOR HIS PLANNED FLIGHT. THE PIC FILED AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN AND STATED THAT HE PLANNED TO TAKE OFF AND OBTAIN HIS CLEARANCE ONCE AIRBORNE. THE PIC STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING UNTIL IMPACT. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE ENGINE MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN PRODUCING FULL POWER BUT HE WAS NOT SURE.

THERE IS NO WEATHER REPORTING AT DECK AIRPORT WHICH IS NON-TOWERED, CLASS G AIRSPACE. THE PIC STATED THAT ALTHOUGH LOW GROUND FOG WAS IN THE AREA, HE STATED HE OBSERVED VFR CONDITIONS AND STATED HE HAD GOOD VISIBILITY. THE PIC STATED THAT HE RAISED THE GEAR SHORTLY AFTER LIFTOFF TO CLIMB AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND A FEW SECONDS AFTER TAKEOFF HE SAW THAT HE WAS IN A LEFT BANK. THE PIC STATED THAT HE LEVELED THE WINGS JUST BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND.

THE PIC PRESENTED HIS LOGBOOK WHICH INDICATED THAT HE WAS CURRENT WITH HIS FLIGHT REVIEW, AND ALSO SIGNED OFF FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE AND COMPLEX AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ERA16LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA077), Dec 22, 2015: Beech A36 (N4314S), Myerstown, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during climbout due to his distraction with raising the landing gear.

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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