# Accident 20170223001759A: Beech A36TC, Stevensville, MT, February 23, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 2017, 13:00 local time
- Place: Stevensville, MT
- Airport: Stevensville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.5214° N, 114.0489° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5214&lon=-114.0489&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3803J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3803J-2019-02-23) (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: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 569 total, 162 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR17LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170223001759A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 23, 2017 AT ABOUT 1300 MST N3803J WAS DEPARTING STEVENSVILLE, MONTANA AIRPORT (32S) RUNWAY 12 WHEN SHORTLY AFTER ROTATION THE PIC LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT RESULTING IN THE RIGHT WING TIP CONTACTING THE GROUND FIRST, THEN THE LEFT MLG & NLG IMPACTING THE GROUND, SEPARATING THE LEFT MLG AND COLLAPSING THE NLG. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A FIELD ON THE WEST SIDE OF RUNWAY 12, ADJACENT THE END OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 WPR17LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA064), Feb 23, 2017: Beech A36TC (N3803J), Stevensville, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to conduct a takeoff with a tailwind on an upsloping runway in an overweight airplane, which resulted in the airplane having insufficient energy to climb out of ground effect.

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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