# Accident 19940531013109A: Beech STC36, Fullerton, CA, May 31, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1994, 08:45 local time
- Place: Fullerton, CA
- Airport: Fullerton Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8685° N, 117.9629° 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=33.8685&lon=-117.9629&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4323W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4323W-1996-11-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH STC36
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 485 total, 458 in this make and model, 113 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX94FA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94FA232) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940531013109A

## Narrative

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

TOOK OFF OVER GROSS WEIGHT WITH TOO RICH MIXTURE DUE FUEL PUMP ON. STC MODS ASO DEGRADED CLIMB. STRUCK A LIGHT POLE

## 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 LAX94FA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94FA232), May 31, 1994: Beech A-36 (N4323W), Fullerton, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's lack of familiarity with the performance change of the airplane, and the lack of proper training/transition in the modified airplane. Contributing to the accident was inadequate…

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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