# Accident 20060723019999A: Raythn G36, Bullhead City, AZ, July 23, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2006, 16:10 local time
- Place: Bullhead City, AZ
- Airport: Eagle Airpark Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8908° N, 114.6269° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8908&lon=-114.6269&mi=10
- Aircraft: N241JL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N241JL-2009-02-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon G36 (registry code 7150061, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-g36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHN G36
- Reported engine: CONT IO550B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06FA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06FA243) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060723019999A

## Narrative

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

(-23) 7-23-2006 AT 1610 LOCAL, N241JL, S/N E3644 A BEECH G36 CRASHED DURING LANDING OR TOUCH-N-GO AT EAGLE AIRPARK, MOHAVE VALLEY, ARIZONA. THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO TOUCH DOWN NEAR SOUTH END OF RUNWAY 17. AIRCRAFT TRAVELED 118' PAST RUNWAY INTO DIRT & BRUSH, HITTING WATER CANAL BERM (10' HIGH AT ABOUT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE), IMPACT TO BERM RIPPED NOSE WHEEL OFF, AIRCRAFT LAUNCHED OVER CANAL, OVER 55' OF DIRT ROAD AND LANDED IN AG FIELD. AIRCRAFT ROTATED ALMOST 180 DEGREES AFTER IMPACT WITH BERM. AIRCRAFT THEN CAUGHT FIRE, POSSIBLY DUE TO R/H MLG PISTON PUNCTURING R/H WING TANK, PISTON WAS FOUND SEPARATED FROM STRUT, ENGINE ALSO SEPARATED FROM FIREWALL. THE PILOT AND REAR PASSENGER (DOUBLE AMPUTEE) DID NOT SURVIVE THE FIRE, THE PASSENGER IN R/H FRONT SEAT CRAWLED OUT BADLY BURNED. THIS PASSENGER WAS AIRLIFTED TO BURN CENTER IN LAS VEGAS. R/H WING AND MAIN CABIN AREA SUSTAINED THE MOST FIRE DAMAGE. L/H WING ROOT ALSO BURNED, ENGINE HAD LITTLE FIRE DAMAGE, PROP HAD SOME FIRE DAMAGE. THE PILOT HAD BEEN CERTIFICATED SINCE 1-28-2006 AS PRIVATE PILOT, AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND AND INSTRUMENT LAND. THE THREE OCCUPANTS HAD BEEN DRINKING AT THE PILOT'S OWN BAR IN NEEDLES, CALIF. PRIOR TO FLIGHT PER WITNESS STATEMENTS.

## 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 LAX06FA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06FA243), Jul 23, 2006: Raytheon G36 (N241JL), Bullhead City, AZ, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudged distance and speed that led to a long landing, and his inadequate recovery from a bounced landing, all due to the effects of impairment from alcohol consumption, which resulted…

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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