20060718014759A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech A36 · Bakersfield, CA · July 18, 2006

Date
July 18, 2006 · 19:44 local
Place
Bakersfield, CA
Airport
Meadows Field
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4785M
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX06CA237
Reported as
Beech A36
Reported engine
Continental IO520*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
160 total20 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On 7/18/2006, at approximately 1944 PDT, Beechcraft BE-36 aircraft, N4785M, crashed during a hard landing on runway 30R, Meadows Field (bfl), Bakersfield, CA. The pilot-in-command privacy data omitted stalled N4785M over the runway threshold causing the aircraft to roll right and strike the runway on the right main landing gear, which separated from the airframe. The aircraft impacted the runway and spun to the right, coming to rest in the dirt to the right of the runway approximately 500 feet beyond the threshold. The pilot and two passengers were not injured and exited the aircraft unassisted.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 7/18/2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 1944 PDT, BEECHCRAFT BE-36 AIRCRAFT, N4785M, CRASHED DURING A HARD LANDING ON RUNWAY 30R, MEADOWS FIELD (BFL), BAKERSFIELD, CA. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STALLED N4785M OVER THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO ROLL RIGHT AND STRIKE THE RUNWAY ON THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, WHICH SEPARATED FROM THE AIRFRAME. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE RUNWAY AND SPUN TO THE RIGHT, COMING TO REST IN THE DIRT TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET BEYOND THE THRESHOLD. THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT UNASSISTED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.