# Accident 20191120021409A: Raytheon Aircraft Company A36, San Marcos, TX, November 20, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 2019, 05:54 local time
- Place: San Marcos, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9000° N, 97.8525° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9000&lon=-97.8525&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88855, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88855-2021-10-30) (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: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 605 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20FA019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191120021409A

## Narrative

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

N88855 A BEECH BONANZA A-36 DEPARTED ON AN IFR FLIGHT FROM SAN MARCOS AIRPORT DESTINED FOR ODESA, TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PROVIDED AN IFR RELEASE FROM KHYI FROM AUSTIN TRACON, WITH A CLEARANCE TO ENTER THE KHYI CLASS D AIRSPACE ON A HEADING OF 080 AND UP TO AN ALTITUDE OF 3000 FEET WITH A VOID IF NOT AIRBORNE IN FIVE MINUTES. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT CHECK IN WITHIN THE CLEARANCE TIME AND AUSTIN TRACON REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT OVERDUE AND NOTIFIED LOCAL AUTHORITIES. THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS FOUND AT THE SAN MARCOS ALERRT AREA TRAINING CENTER, A FACILITY LOCATED WITHIN THE SAN MARCOS AIRPORT PROPERTY ON THE NORTH EASTERN SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. THE WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED INSIDE THE SOUTHERNMOST USED SHOTGUN TRAINING BERM AND FOUND IN A NEAR VERTICAL NOSE DOWN IMPACT ON A HEADING OF 090. EIGHTEEN MINUTES OF RECORDED ADS-B DATA WAS RETRIEVED DISPLAYING THE AIRCRAFT AT THE PARKING SPOT, TAXI AND TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 8. TOTAL FLIGHT TIME WAS APPROXIMATELY 45 SECONDS FROM 11:53:39 ZULU TO 11:54:24 ZULU. FROM 11:54:07 AND 11:54:20, THE ADS-B DATA DISPLAYS THE AIRCRAFT ALTITUDE INCREASING AND AIRSPEED DECREASING BY AN APPROXIMATE GAIN OF 800 FEET (13 SECONDS TIME), WHICH RESULTS IN AN APPROXIMATE 3,700 FOOT PER MINUTE CLIMB. THE LAST ADSB FLIGHT DATA AT 11:54:24 ZULU WAS RECORDED DIRECTLY ABOVE THE LOCATION OF THE WRECKAGE THAT WAS FOUND IN THE ALERRT TRAINING FACILITY. THE FAA ASI IIC ATTENDED AND ASSISTED WITH THE WRECKAGE RECOVERY AND INSPECTION WITH THE NTSB, TEXTRON AND CONTINENTAL REPRESENTATIVES. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE FOUND OF ANY PRE IMPACT DAMAGE OR FAILURE OF THE AIRCRAFT, ENGINE OR COMPONENTS.

## 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 CEN20FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20FA019), Nov 20, 2019: Raytheon A36 (N88855), San Marcos, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of control shortly after takeoff in instrument meteorological conditions 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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