- Date
- October 27, 2024, 17:55 local (22:55 UTC)
- Place
- Pineville, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3046KBeech A36
- Defining event
- Landing: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA - Baton Rouge FSDO
- Case key
- 195471
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Probable cause
The airplane’s collision with a stake on a closed runway. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s inadequate preflight planning and failure to see the closed runway markings.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that after landing on the runway, he felt a bump on the bottom of the airplane. The pilot saw metal stakes and rope and then remembered that the runway was closed. The pilot taxied to parking without further incident. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. At the time of the accident, there was a Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) in effect for the closure of the runway. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. After the accident, the pilot inspected the runway and found that there was a painted yellow “X” at each end of the runway. The pilot also reported that he had been notified by an airport employee about the upcoming runway closure about a month before the accident. The pilot further stated that the sun in his eyes, and various alerts while approaching the airport were distractions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3046K
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-2362
- Built
- 1987
- Airframe hours
- 2,981.7
- Engine
- Continental IO-550, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Guedon Air LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 15, 2024
- Departed
- HEZ · Natchez, MS
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- 2L0 · Pineville Muni, runway 18/36, 3,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Stall warning system, Onboard weather, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 17, 2024
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 1,752 total · 477 in this make and model · 25 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 0.5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.12 inHg
- Observed at
- KAEX, 6 nm away
- METAR
- KAEX 272253Z 08004KT 10SM SCT065 28/16 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP200 T02780156,M
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 21, 2025, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 8.0 MB in all.