# Accident 20221103017769A: Beech A36, Harlan, KY, November 3, 2022 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: November 3, 2022, 10:09 local time - Place: Harlan, KY - Airport: Tucker-Guthrie Memorial - Damage: Destroyed - Phase of flight: Landing: Approach - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 36.8579° N, 83.3654° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8579&lon=-83.3654&mi=10 - Aircraft: N84R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84R) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH A36 - Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-520-BA - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 1 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 3,791 total, 3,421 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA23FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23FA048) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221103017769A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY FAA ADS-B DATA AND COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE FLIGHT TRACK DATA FROM FLIGHT RADAR24, THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED FROM KNOXVILLE DOWNTOWN ISLAND AIRPORT KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE, AT 0932 LOCAL. THE FLIGHT TRACK WAS CONSISTENT WAS A DIRECT ROUTE OF FLIGHT TOWARD I35. THE REPORTED ALTITUDE DATA FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE FLIGHT WAS IN ERROR. RECORDED AUDIO OF THE I35 UNICOM FREQUENCY WAS OBTAINED FROM LIVEATC. THE AUDIO FILE IDENTIFIED AS “ATC I35 NOV 3 2022 1330Z” CONTAINED ONE TRANSMISSION FROM THE ACCIDENT PILOT. AT 27 MINUTES, 4 SECONDS THE FOLLOWING WAS HEARD, “HARLAN TUCKER GUTHRIE BONANZA 84R IS TWO AND A HALF TO THE WEST WILL CIRCLE FOR LANDING HARLAN TUCKER GUTHRIE.” ACCORDING TO A PILOT-RATED WITNESS THAT WAS AT THE I35 AIRPORT TERMINAL, HE HEARD THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE COMPLETE TWO APPROACHES TO RUNWAY 8. THE FIRST APPROACH SEEMED TO BE HIGH, AND THE SECOND APPROACH SOUNDED “REALLY LOW”. FOR BOTH PASSES THE WITNESS REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE NOISE WAS A STEADY PISTON ENGINE SOUND, WITH NO NOTICEABLE INCREASES OR DECREASES IN POWER. AFTER THE SECOND PASS, THE WITNESS ASSUMED THE AIRPLANE HAD PERFORMED A MISSED APPROACH. THE ENGINE SOUND BECAME MORE DISTANT FROM THE AIRPORT, AND HE DID NOT HEAR THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE AGAIN, NOR DID HE HEAR ANY SORT OF BOOM OR THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE’S EVENTUAL IMPACT WITH TERRAIN. THE FLIGHTRADAR24 FLIGHT TRACK DATA REVEALED THAT THE AIRPLANE INITIALLY COMPLETED TWO PASSES OVER RUNWAY 8 AFTER ENTERING THE I35 AIRPORT ENVIRONMENT. THE THIRD APPROACH WAS THE LAST ATTEMPT TO LAND ON RUNWAY 8. THE FINAL APPROACH PATH INSIDE OF 1.0 NAUTICAL MILE FINAL GENERALLY TRACKS AN EXTENDED RUNWAY 8 CENTERLINE TRACK. THE LAST RECORDED POSITION AT 1009, ABOUT .10 NAUTICAL MILE FROM THE RUNWAY 8 THRESHOLD, OR ABOUT .05 NAUTICAL MILE FROM THE ACCIDENT SITE. THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED A RAVINE AND STEEP ROCK WALL ABOUT .5 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE RUNWAY 8 THRESHOLD. ALL MAJOR PORTIONS OF THE AIRFRAME WERE LOCATED, AND A POST-CRASH FIRE CONSUMED A MAJORITY OF THE COCKPIT, FUSELAGE, AND PORTIONS OF THE LEFT WING. ## 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 ERA23FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23FA048), Nov 3, 2022: Beech A36 (N84R), Harlan, KY, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions during an approach to land at an airport in mountainous terrain, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain.… ## Other reports on N84R (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 19940106000999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940106000999I), Jan 6, 1994: Beech A36 (N84R), Jacksonville, FL. Narrative: pilot and flight instructor were enroute from jia to crg after practice approaches at jia at approximately 3000 ft. aircraft engine failed and an… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.