# Accident 19860706030749A: Beech 36BEECH, Marco Island, FL, July 6, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 1986, 12:45 local time
- Place: Marco Island, FL
- Airport: Marco Island
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0095° N, 81.6734° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0095&lon=-81.6734&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9031S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9031S-2020-10-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 36 (registry code 1151602, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 36BEECH
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,150 total, 660 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA86LA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA201) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860706030749A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENGINE FAILED SHORTLY AFTER PILOT SWITCHED FUEL TANKS IN PATTERN. FUEL SUMPS WERE NOT DRAINED ON PREFLIGHT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA86LA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA201), Jul 6, 1986: Beech 36 (N9031S), Marco Island, FL, destroyed

## Other reports on N9031S (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20180818014449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180818014449A), Aug 18, 2018: Beech 36 (N9031S), Kelso, WA, Substantial damage. Flight originated from Boeing field, with a stop at tacoma, enroute to portland. Just south of the Southwest Washington Regional (kls) airfield, the aircraft…
- [Accident 19850714073769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850714073769A), Jul 14, 1985: Beech 36BEECH (N9031S), Calverton, NY, Substantial damage. Gear folded on landing after alternator power loss. Had a gear down flag after manual extension but no green lights

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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