# Accident 20060701014969A: Beech A36, Somis, CA, July 1, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2006, 11:37 local time
- Place: Somis, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2728° N, 119.0719° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2728&lon=-119.0719&mi=10
- Aircraft: N615M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N615M-2008-09-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon A36 (registry code 7150001, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 35 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06FA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06FA222) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060701014969A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 1, 2006, N615M DEPARTED SANTA BARBARA AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 10:15 AM PDT ENROUTE TO PRESCOTT, AZ. N615M WAS BEING OPERATED BY A VFR RATED PRIVATE PILOT, WITH HIS WIFE, TWO CHILDREN, AND A DOG ONBOARD. N615M WAS NORTH OF FILMORE AT 8,000 FT WHEN N615M REPORTED A PROBLEM TO SOCAL APPROACH AND REQUESTED TO LAND AT OXNARD AIRPORT TO CHECK SOMETHING. N615M WAS HANDED OFF BY SOCAL APPROACH TO PT. MUGU APPROACH. PT. MUGU APPROACH INQUIRED IF N615M WAS DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, THE PILOT STATED NO. THE PILOT THEN REQUESTED TO LAND AT CAMARILLO AIRPORT. MUGU APPROACH HANDED N615M OFF TO THE CAMARILLO CONTROL TOWER. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO REPORT HIS POSITION TO THE CAMARILLO TOWER AND WAS REQUESTED TO IDENT HIS TRANSPONDER. POSITIVE ID WAS ESTABLISHED, AND N615M WAS CLEARED TO LAND. THE NEXT TRANSMISSION BY THE PILOT OF N615M DECLARED THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO MAKE THE AIRPORT. N615M, WHILE ATTEMPTING AN OFF FIELD LANDING WITH LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS IN THE RETRACTED POSITION N615M STALLED AND IMPACTED ON AN EAST/WEST ROAD FIVE MILES NORTH OF CAMARILLO AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED, RESULTING IN TWO PASSENGER FATALITIES.

## 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 LAX06FA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06FA222), Jul 1, 2006: Raytheon A36 (N615M), Somis, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: a ground collision during an emergency landing for undetermined reasons.

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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