# Incident 20030501007079I: Beech A36TC, Visalia, CA, May 1, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 2003, 19:03 local time
- Place: Visalia, CA
- Airport: Visalia Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3186° N, 119.3929° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VISALIA MUNI (VIS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3186&lon=-119.3929&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52AM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52AM-2008-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36TC (registry code 1151603, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36TC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030501007079I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. JOHN ROGERS, A COMMERCIAL PILOT, WAS ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND OF A BEECH A36TC AIRCRAFT, N52AM, ON 05-01-2003 AT APPROXIMATELY 1850 HOURS PDT. HE HAD FLOWN FROM PASO ROBLES, CA, GPS DIRECT TO VISALIA, CA. ENTERING THE LEFT HAND TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 30 AT THE VISALIA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, MR. ROGERS STATED THAT HE WAS A LITTLE FAST AND APPLIED INITIAL FLAP TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT DOWN. HE THEN APPLIED THE REST OF THE FLAP AND CONTINUED IN THE AIRPORT TRAFFIC PATTERN LANDING GEAR UP. MR. ROGERS STATED THAT HE NORMALLY PUTS THE GEAR DOWN PRIOR TO ENTERING THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND WAS OUT OF HIS NORMAL SEQUENCE ON THIS DAY. HE FURTHER STATED THAT HE USUALLY DOES A PRELANDING CHECK LIST BUT WAS DISTRACTED AND DID NOT DO SO ON THIS OCCASION. HE SAID HE DID NOT HEAR THE GEAR WARNING HORN AS HE HAD A HEAD SET ON THAT SHUTS OUT EXTERNAL NOISE. HE DID HEAR A BEEPING BUT THOUGHT IT TO BE THE INSTRUMENT APPROACH MIDDLE MARKER AS HE WAS FLYING OVER THAT LOCATION. THERE WAS NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PROPELLER BLADES WERE BENT BACKWARD, THE BELLY UNDER THE AIRCRAFT NOSE AND THE INBOARD TRAILING EDGE OF THE FLAPS WERE HEAVILY SCRAPPED.

## Other reports on N52AM (3)

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

- [Accident 20031116028509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031116028509A), Nov 16, 2003: Beech A36TC (N52AM), Visalia, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) On 11-16-03 at approximately 2000 hours PST, Mr. John frank rodgers, a commercial pilot, was acting as pilot in command of a Beechcraft A-36TC aircraft…
- [Incident 19900113023699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900113023699I), Jan 13, 1990: Beech A36TC (N52AM), Salt Lake City, UT. Made low approach to wrong runway. Landed safely on wrong runway. Was suffering from onset of subdural hematoma.
- [Incident 19830219008149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830219008149I), Feb 19, 1983: Beech A36TC (N52AM), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. Made hard landing. No apparent damage. On next landing nose gear collapsed. Bolt missing, linkage broken.

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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