Beechcraft A36TC N36TS

Summary

On 29 November 1986 at about 20:15 local time, a Beechcraft A36TC registered N36TS, operated by Randy Bacchus, was involved in an accident near Steamboat Sprgs, Colorado, United States. 5 people were on board and 5 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

29 November 1986 at 20:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Steamboat Sprgs, Colorado, United States

Coordinates

40.4696, -106.8193

Aircraft

Beechcraft A36TC

Registration

N36TS

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Randy Bacchus

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Minneapolis

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN87FA023

5 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

PLT AND FOUR PAXS WERE RETURNING HOME FROM A SKI VACATION. A WITNESS AT THE ARPT OBSERVED A NORMAL TAKEOFF AND SAW THE ACFT TURN TOWARDS AN AREA OF HIGH TERRAIN LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES FROM THE STEAMBOAT ARPT. THE WITNESS OBSERVED N36TS CONTINUE ON A HEADING TOWARDS COPPER RIDGE AT AN ALTITUDE THAT WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO CLEAR THE SUMMIT. THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES AND THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET BELOW THE SUMMIT. THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED BY A POST CRASH FIRE. PERFORMANCE CHARTS FOR THE ACFT INDICATED A RATE OF CLIMB OF 1,060 FPM AND A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES TO CLIMB FROM 6,879 FEET TO 8,400 FEET. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE OF THE ACFT STRUCTURE, FLT CONTROL SYS, ENG OR PROP PRIOR TO THE INITIAL IMPACT. ATTEMPTS TO LOCATE THE PLTS LOG BOOKS FOR FLT TIME WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. TIME EST FROM MED RECORDS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.