# NTSB FTW85FA055: Beech A36, N22PF, Waxahachie, TX, November 21, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: November 21, 1984, 08:33 local (14:33 UTC)
- Place: Waxahachie, TX
- Coordinates: 32.399883, -96.849533 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3999&lon=-96.8495&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21511
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW85FA055
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21511/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85FA055

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - descent - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
  - autopilot/flight director,transmitter(autopilot) - improper (cause)
  - pull-up - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - open field
  - incapacitation(other organic problem), pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS SEEN BY WITNESSES IN A DIVE FROM APRX 1000 FT AGL. IT APPEARED TO NOT CHANGE ATTITUDE NOR WAIVER AS IT CONTINUED TOWARD THE GRND. IMPACT WITH THE GRND OCCURRED WITH THE WINGS LEVEL IN APRX 15 DEG DIVE ON A HDG OF 118 DEGREES. A MARK ON THE A/S INDICATOR INDICATED 194 KTS IAS AT IMPACT. INVEST AFTER THE ACCIDENT REVEALED NO FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN EQUIP EXCEPT DIFFICULTIES IN USING ALT MODE OF THE AUTO-PLT. THIS EQUIP WAS NOTED AS UNRELIABLE AND NOT TO BE USED. THRU INTERVIEWS IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PLT HAD INJURED HIS LEG 5 DAYS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT WHILE DEPLANING IN OZONA, TX. THE RT SHIN LACERATION WAS ABOUT 3 INCHES LONG REQUIRING SEVERAL SUTURES FOR CLOSING. DURING AUTOPSY THE WOUND WAS FOUND OPEN AND BLOODY BANDAGES FOUND IN THE PLANE WRECKAGE SUGGESTS THAT THE WOUND HAD REOPENED IN FLT. THE ONLY OTHER SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS OF THE AUTOPSY WAS THE ABSENCE OF BROKEN BONES IN THE HANDS & WRISTS. IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PLTS WIFE SHE SAID THAT SHE OBSERVED THE BANDAGED AREA BEFORE THE FLT AS BEING CLEAN & NOT BLOODY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N22PF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: E-615
- Airframe hours: 3017
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-BA8 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: J. G. Beyer
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 9, 1984, 315 hours before
- Departed: F18, CLEBURNE, TX
- Destination: BNA, NASHVILLE, TN

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 551 total, 50 in this make and model, 476 as pilot in command, 25 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Temperature: 39 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DAL, 20 nm away

## 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 19841121062619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841121062619A), Nov 21, 1984: Beech A36, Waxahachie, TX, Destroyed. Descended into ground wings level and nose down 15 degrees at high speed. Cause undetermined. Had bleeding leg wound.

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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