# NTSB ERA16WA069: Hawker Beech A36TC, Suvorovskaya, Russia, December 13, 2015

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 13, 2015, 08:26 local (08:26 UTC)
- Place: Suvorovskaya, Russia
- Coordinates: 44.193889, 42.689723
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1939&lon=42.6897&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: VFR encounter with IMC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/401)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA AVP-100
- NTSB case key (mKey): 92452
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA16WA069
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/92452/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16WA069

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: VFR encounter with IMC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/401) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 392 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/401/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On December 13, 2015, about 0826 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC), a Beech A36TC, Russian registration RA-2587G, registered to and operated by a private individual, experienced an in-flight loss of control and collided with terrain near Suvorovskaya Village, Stavropolsky Kray, Russia. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed in the area and no flight plan was filed for the non-U.S., non-commercial flight from Myrny Airstrip, Kislovodsk City, Russia, to Buzuluk, Russia. The airplane was destroyed by impact and a postcrash fire. The non-certificated pilot and 3 passengers were fatally injured. The flight originated about 14 minutes earlier. Witnesses reported that after takeoff, the pilot climbed to approximately 2,500 feet above ground level then proceeded in a northerly direction towards the Bogurustan mountain range. When crossing the mountain range, the non-certificated pilot encountered instrument meteorological conditions, and was then observed descending in a nose-down pitch attitude with subsequent impact with terrain. Before ground contact, the sound of the engine was heard. The accident site was located approximately 15 nautical miles and 011 degrees from the departure airstrip. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Interstate Aviation Committee of Russia. Further information can be obtained from: Interstate Aviation Committee 22/2/1 Bolshaya Ordynka Str. Moscow, 119017, Russia Tel: (495) 953-12-44 Fax: (495) 953-35-08 E-mail: mak@mak.ru http://www.mak.ru This report is for informational purposes and only contains information released by the Russian Government.

## Aircraft

- Registration: RA-2587G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HAWKER BEECH A36TC
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: EA-162
- Engines: Continental TSIO-520-UB 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Sergey Pozdnyakov
- Registered owner: Sergey Pozdnyakov
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Departed: Kislovodsk
- Destination: Buzuluk
- Equipment: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; injuries: fatal; medical: unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Not reported
- Wind: 290° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,900 ft broken
- Temperature: 39 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter: 30.14 inHg
- Observed at: URMM, 17 nm away

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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