# Accident 20031116028509A: Beech A36TC, Visalia, CA, November 16, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 2003, 20:00 local time
- Place: Visalia, CA
- Airport: Visalia Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3186° N, 119.3928° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3186&lon=-119.3928&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
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- Pilot flight hours: 4,520 total, 1,020 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031116028509A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 LAX04LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA047), Nov 17, 2003: Beech A36TC (N52AM), Visalia, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: a loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N52AM (3)

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

- [Incident 20030501007079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030501007079I), May 1, 2003: Beech A36TC (N52AM), Visalia, CA, Minor damage. (-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…
- [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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