# Accident 20031016034799A: Beech A36, Lancaster, CA, October 16, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2003, 15:30 local time
- Place: Lancaster, CA
- Airport: Gen Wm J Fox Airfield Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7867° N, 118.2903° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7867&lon=-118.2903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N700TT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N700TT-2005-08-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250B17
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 706 total, 267 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031016034799A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FUL AT APPROXIMATELY 14:30 VFR PLANNED TO FAT. AT 10,500' IN CRUISE AT ABOUT 17 NM NORTH OF LHS VOR, PILOT HEARD LOUD BANG AT WHICH TIME HE NOTICED LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND VACUUM PRESSURE. THE PROPELLER FEATHERED. HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND WAS TRYING TO GLIDE TO WJF. PILOT COULD NOT MAKE WJF SO HE ALIGNED WITH A DIRT ROAD APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES WEST OF WJF. JUST BEFORE TOUCH DOWN THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A POWER WIRE RUNNING PERPENDICULAR WITH THE FLIGHT PATH OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT BROKE THROUGH THE POWER WIRE BUT HAD LOST MOST OF IT'S FORWARD SPEED AND THEN DESCENDED ONTO THE DIRT ROAD COLLAPSING THE RIGHT MAIN AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. THE PROPELLER AND FRONT NOSE SECTION OF THE ENGINE GEAR BOX BROKE OFF AND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BRICK MAIL BOX AND A CHAIN LINK FENCE DAMAGING BOTH WINGS AND THE TAIL. THE FUSELAGE WAS MOSTLY INTACT AND THE PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES. FUEL WAS PRESENT AT THE ACCIDENT SITE. ALL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT (EXCEPT FOR WHAT CAUSED THE ENGINE TO FAIL AT CRUISE) WAS CAUSED BY THIS EMERGENCY LANDING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX04LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA016), Oct 16, 2003: Beech A36 (N700TT), Lancaster, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to thermal fatigue failure of the first stage turbine wheel resulting in release of a section of its rim. The thermal fatigue was due to the engine exceeding its…

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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