# Accident 20070622014019A: Beech A36, Cullman, AL, June 22, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 2007, 14:32 local time
- Place: Cullman, AL
- Airport: Folsom Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2817° N, 86.8536° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2817&lon=-86.8536&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18491, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18491-2007-12-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,890 total, 2,600 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA07LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07LA111) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070622014019A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE AT CRUISE ALTITUDE OF 11,000 FEET THE PILOT NOTICED THE ENGINE STARTING TO RUN ROUGH. SHORTLY THEREAFTER SMOKE STARTED TO ENTER THE COCKPIT. THE PILOT RADIOED ATC AND RECEIVED CLEARANCE TO DESCEND. UPON THE EMERGENCY LANDING THE PILOT REALIZED THAT HE HAD NOT LOWERED THE GEAR, THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY 2 APPROXIMATELY 1500 FEET FROM THRESHOLD. THE PILOT APPROACHED THE END OF THE RUNWAY, PULLED UP TO AVOID A SMALL HILL WITH THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT STRIKING THE HILL, THE AIRPLANE THEN TRAVELED ANOTHER 1500 FEET AND CAME TO REST IN A SMALL FIELD JUST OFF THE AIRPORT. THE INITIAL ENGINE EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT JUST ABOVE THE NUMBER ONE CYLINDER DECK AREA APPEARED A HOLE WITH THE NUMBER ONE CYLINDER CONNECTING ROD PROTRUDING OUT RESULTING IN ENGINE FAILURE.

## 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 MIA07LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07LA111), Jun 22, 2007: Beech A36 (N18491), Cullman, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s mismanagement of an in-flight emergency, which resulted in a gear-up landing and runway overrun. Contributing to the accident was a breach to the engine crankcase above and in line with…

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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