# Accident 20191006019009A: Beech B36TC, Ranger, TX, October 6, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2019, 09:45 local time
- Place: Ranger, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4475° N, 98.6828° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4475&lon=-98.6828&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36LS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36LS-2022-03-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B36TC (registry code 1151609, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b36tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520-UB (registry code 17061, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-ub) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B36TC
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520-UB
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 100 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191006019009A

## Narrative

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

?	ON OCTOBER 6, 2019, AT 0945 CDT, A BEECHCRAFT B36TC BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N36LS, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE OWNER, COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN AS IT DEPARTED THE GRASS SURFACE RUNWAY AND FAILED TO OBTAIN SUFFICIENT FLYING SPEED  AT RANGER AIRFIELD IN RANGER, TX.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT AND PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM RANGER, TX ON OCTOBER 6, 2019, AT 0945 CDT.

## 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 CEN20LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA004), Oct 6, 2019: Beech B36 (N36LS), Ranger, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: A lack of climb performance after takeoff for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.

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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