# Incident 20010129011559I: Beech A36, Las Vegas, NV, January 29, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 2001, 22:10 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mc Carran International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3697A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3697A-2008-01-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010129011559I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT STATED TO A MECHANIC THAT HE WAS ON APPROACH WHEN THE ENGINES STATED TO RUN ROUGH. THE PILOT THEN WENT TO SWITCH THE FUEL SELECTOR FROM ONE TANK TO THE OTHER.  THE PILOT THEN STATED THAT THE ENGINE QUIT AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE PILOT THEN PROCEDED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT ON TROPICANA AVENUE, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA.  SIGNATURE TOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO THEIR HAGAR, LOCATED AT MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (LAS) LAS VEGAS, NEVADA.  UPON INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE BLADDER TANK ON ONE SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT HAD COLLAPSED BECAUSE OF INADEQUATE/BLOCKED VENTING IN THE TANK.

## Other reports on N3697A (3)

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

- [Incident 20071201828579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071201828579I), Dec 1, 2007: Beech A36 (N3697A), Palm Springs, CA, Minor damage. (-23) N3697A overran runway 12 at Jacqueline Cochran airport in Palm Springs, CA on December 1, 2007. The aircraft sustained a propeller strike and the nose…
- [Incident 19930622031349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930622031349I), Jun 22, 1993: Beech A36 (N3697A), Fort Collins, CO, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing rollout. Unable to determine due to damage. Had previous electrical failure.
- [Incident 19920901038379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920901038379I), Sep 1, 1992: Beech A36 (N3697A), Atlanta, GA, Minor damage. Total electical failure on approach. Nose gear and left main gear collapsed on rollout.

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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