Beechcraft A36TC N3808N

Summary

On 27 March 1984 at about 16:45 local time, a Beechcraft A36TC registered N3808N, operated by Atlantic Executive, was involved in an accident near Atlanta, Georgia, United States. 3 people were on board and 2 died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 March 1984 at 16:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Beechcraft A36TC

Registration

N3808N

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Atlantic Executive

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Dallas

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL84FA133

2 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

DURING TAKEOFF, THE PLT RADIOED THAT A DOOR HAD POPPED OPEN & HE NEEDED TO RETURN. ACCORDING TO A PLT WITNESS, THE ACFT HAD CLIMBED ABOVE TREETOP LEVEL WHEN IT STARTED TO LOSE ALT. ANOTHER WITNESS SAID THE ACFT LEVELED OFF & STARTED TO SINK, THEN THE NOSE CAME UP AGAIN, BUT THE ACFT SETTLED BACK TO THE GROUND & ROLLED OFF AN EMBANKMENT. AFTER GOING OVER THE EMBANKMENT, THE ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN AND IMPACTED IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THE GROUND WITNESS RECALLED THAT WHEN THE ACFT PASSED HIS POSITION NEAR THE RWY, THE DOOR WAS OPEN & AN OBJECT THAT LOOKED LIKE A SEAT BELT WAS HANGING OUT THE TOP OF THE DOOR.AN EXAM OF THE DOOR REVEALED NO PREIMPACT PROBLEM THAT WOULD HAVE PREVENTED IT FROM CLOSING PROPERLY. IMPACT MARKS WERE FOUND ON THE GROUND NEAR THE END OF THE RWY WHERE THE LANDING GEAR HAD TOUCHED DOWN HARD, BEFORE THE ACFT WENT OVER THE EMBANKMENT. ACCORDING TO THE OPERATOR'S MANUAL, AN UNLOCKED DOOR WOULD NOT AFFECT THE FLT CHARACTERISTICS, EXCEPT TO SLIGHTLY REDUCE THE CLIMB RATE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.