# Accident 20221005015939A: Beech A36, Arundel, ME, October 5, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 2022, 13:56 local time
- Place: Arundel, ME
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4232° N, 70.5204° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4232&lon=-70.5204&mi=10
- Aircraft: N902AT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N902AT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,514 total, 976 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA23FA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23FA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221005015939A

## Narrative

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

ON 10/5/22 AT 1356 LOCAL TIME THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A WOODED AREA IN ARUNDEL, MAINE AND WAS DESTROYED. THE PIC AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER PART 91 ON AN IFR FLIGHT FROM PRESQUE ISLE MAINE TO BIDDEFORD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, MAINE AND AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, WAS ON THE RNAV 6 APPROACH INTO BIDDEFORD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. ACCORDING TO ATC DATA, THE AIRCRAFT CONDUCTED A NORMAL DESCENT ON COURSE UNTIL PASSING THE FINAL APPROACH FIX. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED A DESCENT AND SLOWED TO 50 KTS, MADE A TURN TO THE LEFT AND THEN BACK TO THE RIGHT OF PERHAPS 30 DEGREES, AND CONTINUED ITS DESCENT UNTIL THE LAST RADAR RETURN AT 300 FT MSL. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A HEAVILY WOODED AREA. A STEEP ENTRY ANGLE INTO THE TREES COULD BE SEEN, AND THE WRECKAGE WAS LARGELY CONNECTED AND REMAINED WITHIN AN AREA NOT MUCH LARGER THAN THE AIRPLANE. THE FLAPS WERE EXTENDED AND THE LANDING GEAR LOWERED. THE PROPELLER WAS BENT TOWARD THE FUSELAGE AND OPPOSITE THE DIRECTION OF ROTATION, AND A TREE SEVERAL FEET AWAY EXHIBITED A TELLTALE PROP STRIKE AND CHARRING INDICATING SIGNIFICANT ENGINE POWER ON IMPACT. THE AIRCRAFT AND PILOT WERE PROPERLY CERTIFICATED, THE PILOT WAS CURRENT AND QUALIFIED, THE APPROACH WAS FUNCTIONING NORMALLY, AND THE AIRPORT LIGHTING WAS FUNCTIONING NORMALLY. NO PRE-IMPACT ABNORMALITIES WERE REPORTED OR DISCOVERED.

## 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 ERA23FA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23FA006), Oct 5, 2022: Beech A36 (N902AT), Arundel, ME, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of situational awareness, which resulted in an unstabilized approach, descent below published minimum altitudes, and collision with terrain.

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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