# Accident 20040123000849A: Beech A36, Farmington, NM, January 23, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 2004, 19:16 local time
- Place: Farmington, NM
- Airport: Four Corners Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: MASS
- Location: 36.7505° N, 108.1791° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7505&lon=-108.1791&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8240U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8240U-2005-11-01) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 76 total, 76 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN04LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040123000849A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 23, 2004, AT 1916 MST, A BEECHCRAFT A-36 BONANZA, N8240U, REGISTERED TO SAN JUAN PILOT TRAINING, INCORPORATED, LOST POWER DUE TO FUEL DEPRIVATION WHILE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT FOUR CORNERS REGIONAL AIRPORT, FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO, WHILE ON A SOLO TRAINING FLIGHT. AN OFF-AIRPORT RESULTED, WITH THE AIRPLANE COMING TO REST ON TOP OF THE FARMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT BUILDING. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT FOUR CORNERS REGIONAL AIRPORT AT 1800 MST.

## 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 DEN04LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA040), Jan 23, 2004: Beech A36 (N8240U), Farmington, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's improper in-flight planning/decision making and his failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in fuel starvation/exhaustion and a stall spin.

## Other reports on N8240U (1)

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

- [Accident 20000203000749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000203000749A), Feb 3, 2000: Beech A36 (N8240U), Farmington, NM, Substantial damage. (-23) On February 3, 2000, at approx. 0745 am MDT, a BE-36, N8240U, was involved in a hard landing during an approved school instructional flight at…

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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