# NTSB LAX06CA061: Beech A36, N3199H, Fallon, NV, December 19, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: December 19, 2005, 05:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place: Fallon, NV
- Coordinates: 39.5, -119
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5000&lon=-119.0000&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 28, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 62977
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX06CA061
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/62977/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA061

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to abort the takeoff.  A factor in the accident was the snow covered runway.

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, takeoff - roll/run
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snow covered (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - not attained
  - climb - not attained
  - aborted takeoff - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - high vegetation
  - object - fence

## Analysis

The airplane overran the end of a snow covered runway during the takeoff ground roll and collided with sagebrush and a fence.  The pilot had landed uneventfully at the airport to pickup two passengers.  He observed that there was about 3 inches of snow on the runway but it was not snowing at the time.  During the takeoff roll he had difficulty getting the plane out of the snow.  As the airplane approached the end of the runway the airspeed dissipated, and the airplane continued off the end of the runway and collided with sagebrush and a fence.  The pilot stated that he did not abort the takeoff in time to avoid departing the end of the runway.

## Factual narrative

On December 19, 2005, at 0545 Pacific standard time, a Beech A36, N3199H, ran off the end of the snow covered runway and collided with obstacles during takeoff at the Dixie Valley private airport near Fallon, Nevada.  Fallon Airmotive operated the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 135.  The commercial pilot and his two passengers were not injured; the airplane was substantially damaged.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a company flight plan had been filed.

The pilot stated that he had landed uneventfully at Dixie Valley to pickup two passengers.  He observed that there was about 3 inches of snow on the runway but it was not snowing at the time.  During the takeoff roll he had difficulty getting the plane out of the snow.  As the airplane approached the end of the runway the airspeed had dissipated, and the airplane continued off the end of the runway in to sagebrush and a fence.  The pilot stated that he did not abort the takeoff in time to avoid departing the end of the runway.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3199H](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3199H), registered now, S/N E-2891, built 1994 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech A36
- Registry model: [Beech A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (registry code 1151604) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-550-B](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-b) (registry code 17208, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: E2891
- Engines: Continental IO-550B reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Fallon Airmotive
- Registered owner: Dan Urquhart
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: Fallon, NV
- Destination: KFLX, Fallon, NV
- Flight plan: Company VFR
- Airport: NONE, Dixie Valley, runway 34, 4,000 × 70 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2; flight hours: 6,500 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days, 70 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dawn
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 30 °F

## 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 20051219030439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051219030439A), Dec 19, 2005: Beech A36, Fallon, NV, Substantial damage. (-23) During the takeoff roll the pilot stated he was able to lift off and attempted to remain in ground effect. However, the aircraft settled down to the snow…

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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