# Accident 20170512017919A: Beech A36TC, Hopkinsville, KY, May 12, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2017, 11:51 local time
- Place: Hopkinsville, KY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9261° N, 87.6086° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9261&lon=-87.6086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1804E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1804E-2019-11-01) (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-UB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 726 total, 19 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA17FA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17FA180) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170512017919A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 12, 2017, AIRCRAFT DEPARTED DAVENPORT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KDVN) DAVENPORT, IOWA TO  NORTHWEST ALABAMA REGIONAL AIRPORT (KMSL) MUSCLE SHOALS, ALABAMA. WHILE ON FLIGHT FOLLOWING WITH FORT CAMPBELL APPROACH, ATC LOST RADAR CONTACT. AT 1652Z, AIRCRAFT WENT OFF SCREEN DESCENDING RAPIDLY. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED GROUND IN A WOODED AREA NORTH OF HOPKINSVILLE, KY, JUST OFF 8694 SHURDAN CREEK ROAD. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD WERE FATALLY INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. NO POST CRASH FIRE.

## 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 ERA17FA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17FA180), May 12, 2017: Beech A36TC (N1804E), Hopkinsville, KY, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The noninstrument-rated pilot's intentional visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in a loss of airplane control due to spatial disorientation.…

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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