# Accident 20061112030779A: Beech A36, Pocasset, OK, November 12, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 2006, 15:15 local time
- Place: Pocasset, OK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1872° N, 97.9719° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1872&lon=-97.9719&mi=10
- Aircraft: N711A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N711A-2009-09-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 200 (registry code 1152920, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,905 total, 1,129 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07LA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061112030779A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 11, 2006 AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 CST N711A A BE-36-A36 DEPARTED CHICKASHA OK ON A VFR LOCAL FLIGHT. WHILE OVER MINCO, OK (13 MILES NORTH OF CHICKASHA) THE PILOT SAID HE NOTICED THAT SMOKE WAS EMANATING FROM UNDERNEATH THE PANEL. HE ALSO REPORTED THAT THE OIL TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS "PEGGED." HE THEN TURNED BACK TO CHICKASHA AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO REACH THE AIRPORT. HE BECAME MORE CONCERNED AND MADE A DISTRESS CALL ON 123.0 WHICH WAS BEING GUARDED BY AN OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY PATROL UNIT. THE PILOT THEN ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN A WHEAT FIELD. FINAL APPROACH COURSE WAS 315 DEGREES. WIND AT CHK WAS REPORTED 170 AT 14 KTS. THE AIRCRAFT MADE INITIAL GROUND CONTACT WITH THE LEFT WING TIP. PIECES OF THE LEFT WING TIP RECOGNITION LIGHT LENS WERE FOUND AT THIS POINT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN CAME DOWN ON THE MAINS AND NOSE GEAR SHEARING THE NOSE GEAR OFF AND FOLDING THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT THEN BEGAN TO ROTATE TO THE RIGHT AS IT SLID ON A 315 DEGREE HEADING. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ABOUT 270 FEET FROM THE POINT OF INITIAL CONTACT WITH THE AIRPLANE ON A 085 DEGREE HEADING. THE PILOT/SOLE OCCUPANT SUSTAINED A MINOR HEAD INJURY.

## 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 DFW07LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07LA024), Nov 12, 2006: Beech A36 (N711A), Pocasset, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The "abnormally high" oil temperature indication and smoke in the cabin for undetermined reasons. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the precautionary 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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