# Accident 20161025020699A: Beech A36, Nortonville, CA, October 25, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2016, 12:20 local time
- Place: Nortonville, CA
- Airport: Buchanan Field Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9689° N, 121.8894° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9689&lon=-121.8894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N364RM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N364RM-2018-03-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL IO-550-B-AP
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,775 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR17FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17FA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161025020699A

## Narrative

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

BEECHCRAFT A36 BONANZA, N364RM,  TOOK OFF FROM BUCHANAN FIELD AIRPORT (CCR), CONCORD, CALIFORNIA.

CLIMBED OUT SOUTHEAST BOUND OVER CLAYTON, CA. AFTER 3 1/2 MINUTES AND AT 3400 FEET. AIRCRAFT DROPS TO 1200 FEET IN 38 SECONDS.

AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED/WENT THROUGH TWO HIGH TENSION POWERLINES, THEN HIT TERRAIN IN A STEEP DESCENT AND AT 90 DEGREE TO TERRAIN SLOPE.

THE PRIVATE PILOT/OWNER AND THE CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) FATALLY INJURED.

A POST IMPACT FIRE CONSUMED MOST OF THE AIRPLANE AT THE IMPACT SITE.

ON-SITE AND POST-RECOVERY EXAMINATIONS OF THE AIRPLANE INDICATED THAT ALL PRIMARY FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES WERE PRESENT 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 WPR17FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17FA013), Oct 25, 2016: Beech A36 (N364RM), Pittsburg, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of airplane control for reasons that could not be determined due to the extensive impact and fire damage to the airplane.

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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