# Accident 20050523010589A: Beech A36, Dahlonega, GA, May 23, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2005, 13:50 local time
- Place: Dahlonega, GA
- Airport: Lumpkin Co-Wimpys Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5792° N, 84.0203° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5792&lon=-84.0203&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17836, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17836) (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: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 77 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05CA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05CA087) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050523010589A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 23, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1350 LOCAL TIME, N17836, BE-36-A36, SINGLE ENGINE BONANZA, LANDED 1/4 OF A MILE SHORT OF RWY 33 FROM LUMPKIN CO. AIRPORT (A90). AIRPLANE HAD SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED WAS NOT INJURED. HE STATED THAT HE HAD ENGINE PROBLEMS. AS OF TODAY OUR INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE LEFT TANK WAS FULL AND THE RIGHT TANK WAS EMPTY.

## 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 ATL05CA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05CA087), May 23, 2005: Beech BE-36 (N17836), Dahlonega, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's mismanagment of the fuel supply which resulted in fuel starvation and subsequent loss of engine power.

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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