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FAA incident report · Beech A36TC · Monroe, WA · July 12, 2003

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Date
July 12, 2003 · 15:12 local
Place
Monroe, WA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N40RE
Reported as
Beech A36TC
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,864 total600 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days
N40RERegistration cancelled Aug 24, 2015 · Beech A36TCS/N EA-162 · Built 1980Airframe modelBeech A36TCEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The aircraft was enroute from omak, WA, to Boeing field, (bfi) at 1500 ft altitude when a banging sound was heard and the engine lost power. The pilot made immediate preparation for an emergency landing in an open field just west of the town of Monroe, WA. The landing was made with landing gear down and full flaps. The engine may or may not have been windmilling, but was not producing any power according to the pilot. The field contained tall grass and weeds with a soft humocky surface. On roll out the nose gear sissor broke allowing the lower struck to separate and fall free of the aircraft. The aircraft continued sliding on the lower engine cowl damaging the cowl, nose gear doors and the propeller. Before coming to rest, the right wing tip tank contacted a mound of soft dirt crushing the forward end of the tank. There appeared to be no other damage to the aircraft. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The pilot had not filed a flight plan and was not in contact with any FAA facilities.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM OMAK, WA, TO BOEING FIELD, (BFI) AT 1500 FT ALTITUDE WHEN A BANGING SOUND WAS HEARD AND THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT MADE IMMEDIATE PREPARATION FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD JUST WEST OF THE TOWN OF MONROE, WA. THE LANDING WAS MADE WITH LANDING GEAR DOWN AND FULL FLAPS. THE ENGINE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN WINDMILLING, BUT WAS NOT PRODUCING ANY POWER ACCORDING TO THE PILOT. THE FIELD CONTAINED TALL GRASS AND WEEDS WITH A SOFT HUMOCKY SURFACE. ON ROLL OUT THE NOSE GEAR SISSOR BROKE ALLOWING THE LOWER STRUCK TO SEPARATE AND FALL FREE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED SLIDING ON THE LOWER ENGINE COWL DAMAGING THE COWL, NOSE GEAR DOORS AND THE PROPELLER. BEFORE COMING TO REST, THE RIGHT WING TIP TANK CONTACTED A MOUND OF SOFT DIRT CRUSHING THE FORWARD END OF THE TANK. THERE APPEARED TO BE NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE PILOT HAD NOT FILED A FLIGHT PLAN AND WAS NOT IN CONTACT WITH ANY FAA FACILITIES.

Other reports on N40RE · 1

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

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