# Incident 20010407005929I: Beech B36TC, Firebaugh, CA, April 7, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2001, 14:03 local time
- Place: Firebaugh, CA
- Airport: Firebaugh Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8600° N, 120.4645° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FIREBAUGH (F34), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8600&lon=-120.4645&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8241N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8241N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B36TC (registry code 1151609, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b36tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B36TC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 284 total, 32 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010407005929I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 4/7/01 AT APPROX. 1403 PDT, N8241N, A BE-36 LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 30 AT FIREBAUGH AIRPORT (Q49). THE A/C EXITED THE RUNWAY AT MIDFIELD INTO A PLOWED DIRT FIELD RESULTING IN COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE GEAR AND DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND ENGINE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE PILOT/OWNER OF N8241N WAS RECEIVING INSTRUCTIONAL AS PART OF AN ORGANIZED SAFETY SEMINAR FOR BEECH BONANZA OWNERS. HE WAS PRACTICING A SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF AND THE A/C BECAME AIRBORNE PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT CONTROLS BECOMING FULLY EFFECTIVE. GUSTY WINDS AND RUNWAY DIMENSIONS (3102'X60') MAY HAVE BEEN FACTORS. THE CFI WAS UNABLE TO INTERVENE AND TAKE CONTROL OF THE A/C BECAUSE THE INCIDENT OCCURRED VERY QUICKLY. THE CFI WAS COUNSELED ON THE NEED TO USE A LARGER RUNWAY WHEN CONDUCTING SUCH PRACTICE.

## Other reports on N8241N (1)

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

- [Incident 20150314007899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150314007899I), Mar 14, 2015: Beech B36TC (N8241N), Fort Worth, TX, Minor damage. Aircraft was performing IFR practice approaches under instruction. Aircraft touched down on runway with landing gear not fully extended.

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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