# Accident 20070209001869A: Beech A36, Brunswick, GA, February 9, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 2007, 14:45 local time
- Place: Brunswick, GA
- Airport: Malcolm Mc Kinnon Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.1511° N, 81.3881° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1511&lon=-81.3881&mi=10
- Aircraft: N315P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N315P-2008-06-25) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO550*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 707 total, 172 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL07LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07LA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070209001869A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 9, 2007, AT 1440 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A BEECH A36, N315P, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY SKYTRACKER AVIATION II INC, AS A 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT, DITCHED FOLLOWING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER 150-FEET OFF THE COAST OF SAINT SIMONS ISLAND IN BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT. THE PRIVATE PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES AND THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM SAINT LUCIE COUNTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, ON FEBRUARY 9, 2007 AT 1300. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE DEPARTED FORT PIERCE, ENROUTE TO THE WILMINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA. WHILE CRUISING AT 7,000 FEET, THE ENGINE "SPUTTERED" AND LOST POWER. THE PILOT CHANGED TANKS AND IT SPUTTERED AGAIN AND DIED, THE FUEL FLOW GAUGE WAS READING ZERO. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AND WAS CLEARED TO SAINT SIMONS ISLAND AIRPORT. THE PILOT GLIDED THE AIRPLANE AS FAR AS IT WOULD GO, BUT COULD NOT MAKE IT TO THE AIRPORT AND DITCHED THE AIRPLANE IN THE WATER. ON FEB 14 2007 THE NTSB, FAA AND MANUFACTURER RAN THE ENGINE AND IT PRODUCED FULL POWER.

## 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 ATL07LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07LA041), Feb 9, 2007: Beech A36 (N315P), Brunswick, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to activate the electric fuel pump following a loss of engine power 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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