# NTSB FTW81FA097: Beech A-36TC, N6749H, Shreveport, LA, May 28, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 28, 1981
- Place: Shreveport, LA · SHREVEPORT, LA
- Location: 32.5252° N, 93.7502° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shreveport, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5252&lon=-93.7502&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 23, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 125484
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW81FA097
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA097

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1174  81/5/28    SHREVEPORT,LA       BEECH A-36TC        CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 56, 485
        TIME - 0935                    N6749H              PX-  3  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 310 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SHREVEPORT DWNTWN
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SHREVEPORT,LA               MIDLAND,TX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: MUSH                                              TAKEOFF: *ERROR-INVALID CODE*
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
        REMARKS- AFTR TKOF PLT REPORTED HE WOULD RETURN & LAND,DOOR NOT SHUT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6749H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6749H-2014-11-12), registration cancelled 2014-11-12, S/N EA-132, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A-36TC
- Registry model: [Beech A36TC](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36tc) (registry code 1151603) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Shreveport Dwntwn

## 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 19810528029909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810528029909A), May 28, 1981: Beech A36TC, Shreveport, LA, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Door not secured on takeoff. Stalled aircraft manuevering to return. Pilot lacked recent experience.

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.

---
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.