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FAA accident report · Beech A36TC · Visalia, CA · November 16, 2003

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Date
November 16, 2003 · 20:00 local
Place
Visalia, CA
Airport
Visalia Municipal
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N52AM
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX04LA047
Reported as
Beech A36TC
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520*
Pilot’s flight hours
4,520 total1,020 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days
N52AMRegistration cancelled Feb 11, 2008 · Beech A36TCS/N EA-71 · Built 1980Airframe modelBeech A36TCEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-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 N52AM, which he owned. Following a touch & go landing on runway 30 at the Visalia muni airport, Visalia, CA, and as he retracted the landing gear the aircraft engine quit. As the aircraft descended toward the ground and an attempt to restart the engine failed and the aircraft struck the ILS localizer antenna array on the runway over run. Sixty percent of the right aircraft wing was sheared off at this point and the rest of the aircraft slid on its belly approximately 246 feet, into and through the airport perimeter fence, coming to rest about ten feet beyond, facing generally west. The aircraft was substantially damaged. Mr. Rodgers was not injured. During an interview with Mr. Rodgers, he stated that his fuel tanks were indicating just under one-half full and above the yellow arcs when he initiated the touch & go landing. The amount of fuel in the undamaged left wing fuel cell could not be determined at the accident scene, although there appeared to be about a quarter or more of a tank of fuel remaining in the tank.

As the FAA filed it

(-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 N52AM, WHICH HE OWNED. FOLLOWING A TOUCH & GO LANDING ON RUNWAY 30 AT THE VISALIA MUNI AIRPORT, VISALIA, CA, AND AS HE RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE QUIT. AS THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED TOWARD THE GROUND AND AN ATTEMPT TO RESTART THE ENGINE FAILED AND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE ILS LOCALIZER ANTENNA ARRAY ON THE RUNWAY OVER RUN. SIXTY PERCENT OF THE RIGHT AIRCRAFT WING WAS SHEARED OFF AT THIS POINT AND THE REST OF THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON ITS BELLY APPROXIMATELY 246 FEET, INTO AND THROUGH THE AIRPORT PERIMETER FENCE, COMING TO REST ABOUT TEN FEET BEYOND, FACING GENERALLY WEST. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. MR. RODGERS WAS NOT INJURED. DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH MR. RODGERS, HE STATED THAT HIS FUEL TANKS WERE INDICATING JUST UNDER ONE-HALF FULL AND ABOVE THE YELLOW ARCS WHEN HE INITIATED THE TOUCH & GO LANDING. THE AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE UNDAMAGED LEFT WING FUEL CELL COULD NOT BE DETERMINED AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE, ALTHOUGH THERE APPEARED TO BE ABOUT A QUARTER OR MORE OF A TANK OF FUEL REMAINING IN THE TANK.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB LAX04LA047Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportVisalia, CAa loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.Nov 17, 2003 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N52AM · 3

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

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