# Accident 20040516017639A: Beech A36, Raleigh-Durham, NC, May 16, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2004, 21:16 local time
- Place: Raleigh-Durham, NC
- Airport: Raleigh-Durham International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8298° N, 78.8301° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8298&lon=-78.8301&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4550S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4550S-2006-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04FA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04FA118) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040516017639A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT IN MENTION DEPARTED WILMINGTON NC (ILM) ON MAY 13, 2004 WITH 3 PASSENGERS, DEAN BRENNAN IN THE RIGHT SEAT, ALEX FOSCUE AND BILL COERNER IN THE CABIN. THE AIRCRAFT DESTINATION WAS DAYTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (DAY), THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE PILOT REQUESTED FROM EXECUTIVE FLIGHTLINE AT DAY AN OIL CHANGE AND TO TOP OFF THE FUEL TANKS. THE PILOT AND HIS 3 PASSENGERS RETURNED TO THE AIRCRAFT AT DAY ON MAY 16, 2004 AND DEPARTED AROUND 1800 FOR ILM. THE PILOT'S FLIGHT WAS VFR AND DID NOT FILE A FLIGHT PLAN. ARRIVING AT ILM AROUND 2015/2030 WITH THE AIRCRAFT AT IDLE THE PILOT DROPPED OFF THE 3 PASSENGERS. THE PILOT THEN IMMEDIATELY DEPARTED ILM FOR RDU, VFR WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT WAS IN CONTACT WITH WILMINGTON TOWER, SEYMOUR JOHNSON TOWER AND THEN HANDED OFF TO RDU TOWER. RDU AIR TRAFFIC REPORTED ALL TRANSMISSIONS WITH THE PILOT WERE CLEAR AND READ BACK WAS PRECISE. RDU TOWER REPORTED THE PILOT REPORTED THE FIELD IN SIGHT AT 7 MILES OUT, TOWER REPORTED CLEARED TO LAND ON 23L WINDS CALM. AT APPROXIMATELY 2115, ALTITUDE OF 800 FEET AT 1.37 MILES OUT THE PILOT REPORTED HE HAD A PROBLEM A FEW SECONDS LATER THE PILOT REPORTED HE LOST HIS ENGINE. RDU ATC RESPONDED CLEARED TO LAND ANY RUNWAY. AT 2116 LOCAL TIME AIRCRAFT CRASHED .38 MILES FROM RUNWAY 23L, IMPACT WAS IN A 4-FOOT EMBANKMENT, FLIPPED OVER INTO A CREEK JUST OFF OF LOOP ROAD ON THE RDU AIRPORT.

## 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 ATL04FA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04FA118), May 17, 2004: Beech A36 (N4550S), Morrisville, NC, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the engine for undetermined reasons resulting in the aircraft colliding with powerlines and the ground during the subsequent forced landing.

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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