Beechcraft A-36TC N1811Q

Summary

On 13 September 2007 at about 16:51 local time, a Beechcraft A-36TC registered N1811Q, operated by John O. Brown, was involved in an accident near Burlington, Washington, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

13 September 2007 at 16:51

Classification

Accident

Location

Burlington, Washington, United States

Nearest airport

Skagit Regional (KBVS)

Coordinates

48.4933, -122.4550

Aircraft

Beechcraft A-36TC

Registration

N1811Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

John O. Brown

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Havre → Burlington

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA07FA262

3 people died.

The pilot's decision to descend below the published minimum descent altitude (MDA), and his failure to maintain clearance from vertical objects during an instrument approach. Contributing to the accident were low ceilings, inadequate preflight planning, and trees.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

While executing an instrument approach in weather conditions that included a one-quarter mile visibility and an overcast ceiling 100 feet above ground level, and while one and one-half mile from the approach end of the runway, the pilot descended about 430 feet below the minimum descent altitude for the approach. After descending to that altitude, the airplane's left wing impacted a tree situated below the final approach course.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.