ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 230773
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 November 2019 |
| Time: | 05:55 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft A36 Bonanza |
| Owner/operator: | Caroline Aviation LLC |
| Registration: | N88855 |
| MSN: | E-3289 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1999 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3086 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-550 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near San Marcos Regional Airport (KHYI), Austin, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | San Marcos Regional Airport, TX (KHYI) |
| Odessa Schlemeyer Field, TX (KODO) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot filed an instrument flight rules flight plan for the cross-country flight and received a departure clearance. A witness reported seeing the accident airplane taxi by his hangar before it departed and noted that the visibility at the time was less than the 1/4-mile reported by the airport’s weather observation facility. The airplane departed and was seen on radar before contact was lost shortly thereafter; the pilot never established radio communication with air traffic control. The airplane impacted terrain in a near-vertical attitude about 1/2-mile from the departure runway.
Examination of the airplane did not reveal any pre-impact anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. Low instrument flight rules conditions prevailed in the area of the departure airport, including a cloud ceiling of about 300 ft above ground level. The airplane’s sudden descent and near-vertical impact attitude are consistent with a loss of control shortly after takeoff; however, due to a lack of onboard data and complete radar data for the flight, the reason for the loss of control could not be determined based on the available information.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s loss of control shortly after takeoff in instrument meteorological conditions for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/small-passenger-plane-crashes-in-san-marcos
https://smcorridornews.com/san-marcos-responds-to-small-passenger-aircraft-crash/
https://www.statesman.com/news/20191120/person-killed-in-san-marcos-plane-crash-early-wednesday-authorities-say
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N88855/history/20191120/1100Z/KHYI/KODO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXZu4SsQI_s
NTSB
Location
Images:
Photo(c): NTSB
Media:
NTSB investigating today's crash of Raytheon A-36 Bonanza in San Marcos, TX. pic.twitter.com/O4we9V4fmX
— NTSB_Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) November 20, 2019
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Nov-2019 16:06 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 20-Nov-2019 17:53 | Geno | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source] |
| 20-Nov-2019 17:56 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 21-Nov-2019 05:04 | Captain Adam | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code, Damage] |
| 21-Nov-2019 05:44 | RobertMB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 21-Nov-2019 05:50 | Captain Adam | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Mar-2022 23:08 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source, Narrative, Category, Photo] |
| 05-Mar-2022 23:09 | Captain Adam | Updated [Photo] |
| 12-Mar-2022 22:45 | Captain Adam | Updated [Accident report] |
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