# NTSB ERA14CA017: Beech A36, N7257W, Burnsville, NC, October 23, 2013

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: October 23, 2013, 10:10 local (14:10 UTC)
- Place: Burnsville, NC
- Coordinates: 35.86861, -82.341667 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8686&lon=-82.3417&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report February 13, 2014
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- NTSB case key (mKey): 88277
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA14CA017
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/88277/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88277
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA017

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to achieve a proper touchdown point during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Action: incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech A36, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md?model=1151604), [All aircraft, 1,386 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md)
- [Knowledge: knowledge of geographic area](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02032030): Personnel issues › Experience/knowledge · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech A36, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02032030/cases.md?model=1151604), [All aircraft, 24 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02032030/cases.md)
- [Aircraft capability: landing distance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061030): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Capability exceeded (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech A36, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061030/cases.md?model=1151604), [All aircraft, 68 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061030/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech A36, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md?model=1151604), [All aircraft, 400 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230); cases with it: [Beech A36, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=1151604), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Beech A36, 20 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=1151604), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490); cases with it: [Beech A36, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=1151604), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot stated that he was high and fast on the approach to his destination airport. He landed the airplane approximately half way down the runway, and realized that he would not be able to bring the airplane to a full stop. He veered the airplane to left, departed the runway, traveled down an embankment and impacted a road. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings and the fuselage. The pilot did not report any mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation prior to the accident.

## Factual narrative

The pilot stated that he was high and fast on the approach to his destination airport. He landed the airplane approximately half way down the runway, and realized that he would not be able to bring the airplane to a full stop. He veered the airplane to left, departed the runway, traveled down an embankment and impacted a road. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings and the fuselage. The pilot did not report any mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation prior to the accident.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7257W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7257W-2014-05-27), registration cancelled 2014-05-27, S/N E-2304, built 1986 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36 (UNDESIGNAT)
- Registry model: [Beech A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (registry code 1151604) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: E-2304
- Year built: 1986
- Airframe hours: 2400
- Engines: Continental Motors IO-550 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: 3 Manx Aviation LLC
- Registered owner: 3 Manx Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 25, 2013
- Departed: JWN, Nashville, TN
- Destination: 2NC0, Burnsville, SC
- Airport: 2NC0, Mountain Air Airport, runway 32, 2,900 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; injuries: serious; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 4,100 total, 120 in this make and model, 4,100 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 46 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter: 29.82 inHg
- Observed at: 2NCO

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20131023024669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131023024669A), Oct 23, 2013: Beech A36, Burnsville, NC, Substantial damage. On 10/23/2013 at 1010 EDT, Beechcraft A36 bonanza, N7257W, registered to 3 manx aviation, LLC, it departed the end of runway 32 at Mountain Air (2NC0) airport,…

## Docket (8 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 4, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88277. 10.7 MB in all.

- Pilot and passenger statements (item 1, .PDF, 315 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40407462&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%20and%20passenger%20statements-Redacted.PDF
- Record of Conversation-Walker (item 2, .PDF, 51 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40408260&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Record%20of%20Conversation-Walker%20-Master.PDF
- Witness statement-Erickson (item 3, .PDF, 47 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40407463&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Witness%20statement-Erickson-Redacted.PDF
- Witness statement-Mahrie (item 4, .PDF, 42 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40407469&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Witness%20statement-Mahrie-Redacted.PDF
- Photo 1-Front of airplane engine and fuselage damage (FAA) (item 5, .PDF, 2.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40408087&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201-Front%20of%20airplane%20engine%20and%20fuselage%20damage%20(FAA)-Master.PDF
- Photo 2-Right wing and fuselage damage (FAA) (item 6, .PDF, 2.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40408089&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%202-Right%20wing%20and%20fuselage%20damage%20(FAA)-Master.PDF
- Photo 3-Left wing buckled upward (FAA) (item 7, .PDF, 2.8 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40408090&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%203-Left%20wing%20buckled%20upward%20(FAA)-Master.PDF
- Photo 4-Right side rear view of broken horizontal stabilzer (FAA) (item 8, .PDF, 2.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40408093&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%204-Right%20side%20rear%20view%20of%20broken%20horizontal%20stabilzer%20(FAA)-Master.PDF

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.

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