# Accident 20190728016039A: Raytheon Aircraft Company A36, Chesterfield, VA, July 28, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2019, 13:36 local time
- Place: Chesterfield, VA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4064° N, 77.5247° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4064&lon=-77.5247&mi=10
- Aircraft: N343AB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N343AB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon A36 (registry code 7150001, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 273 total, 65 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA465](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA465) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190728016039A

## Narrative

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

AS THE PILOT WAS IN THE FLARE TO LAND HE HEARD A HORN GO OFF AND PANICKED THINKING IT WAS THE GEAR HORN. HE INITIATED A GO AROUND AND DID NOT COMPENSATE FOR THE TORQUE TURNING HIM FAR LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. HE PUT THE GEAR UP, BUT COULDN'T CLIMB. TRIED TO PUT FLAPS UP BUT SANK.  COULDN'T CLIMB AND LANDING IN THE GRASS ADJACENT TO 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 GAA19CA465](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA465), Jul 28, 2019: Beech 36 (N343AB), Richmond, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain lateral control and attain sufficient altitude to clear rising terrain during an attempted go-around.

## Other reports on N343AB (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20230406015849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230406015849I), Apr 6, 2023: Raytheon Aircraft Company A36 (N343AB), Chesterfield, VA, Minor damage. Pilot was landing on runway 15 at kfci with a crosswind component (he remembered 210 at 9 gusting 15 or so, and the historical METAR was substantially the…

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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