# Incident 20030712017909I: Beech A36TC, Monroe, WA, July 12, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2003, 15:12 local time
- Place: Monroe, WA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.8598° N, 121.9840° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Monroe, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8598&lon=-121.9840&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40RE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40RE-2015-08-24) (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
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,864 total, 600 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030712017909I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

- [Incident 19890628049379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890628049379I), Jun 28, 1989: Beech A36TC (N40RE), Gary, IN, Minor damage. Total electrical failure inflight. Gear collapsed on landing. Cause of electrical failure not stated.

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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