# Accident 20071108828439A: Beech A36, Jean, NV, November 8, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2007, 18:37 local time
- Place: Jean, NV
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7789° N, 115.3239° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jean, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7789&lon=-115.3239&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3672B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3672B-2009-02-04) (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*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,468 total, 757 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071108828439A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 8, 2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 1837 PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, A BEECH A36, N3672B, EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER AND ENCOUNTERED ROUGH TERRAIN DURING A FORCED GEAR-UP LANDING ON THE DESERT FLOOR ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE JEAN AIRPORT (0L7). THE OWNER/PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91, AS A PERSONAL VFR CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM LAS VEGAS MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (LAS), LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, TO DEER VALLEY AIRPORT (DVT), PHOENIX, ARIZONA. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE FLIGHT, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. PILOT OF THE AIRPLANE REPORTED TO LAS VEGAS TRACON THAT HE WAS LOSING ENGINE POWER AND COULD SMELL FUEL. LAS VEGAS TRACON LOST RADIO AND RADAR CONTACT WITH THE PILOT AT 1937 PST. INITIAL POINT OF CONTACT WAS APPROXIMATELY 264 FEET FROM THE AIRPLANE BEARING APPROXIMATELY 340 DEGREES WITH THE AIRCRAFT COMING TO REST HEADING 230 DEGREES. AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND INTACT WITH VISIBLE SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE NOTED TO THE PROPELLER, ENGINE FIREWALL AND LEFT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE AFT OF THE LEFT WING ROOT EXTENDING AFT TO UNDER THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. THE LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS WERE IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE SHOWED NO OBVIOUS MECHANICAL DAMAGE, LOSS OF FLUIDS, LOOSE OR BROKEN LINES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE STANDBY VACUUM PUMP LINE, WHICH WAS DISPLACED. ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES WERE BENT AFT ALMOST 90 DEGREES IN A SMOOTH CURVE STARTING AT APPROXIMATELY 1/2 THE SPAN FROM THE TIP WITH VERY LITTLE LEADING EDGE DAMAGE PRESENT. THE LEFT FUEL TANK WAS APPROXIMATELY 3/4 OF AN INCH ABOVE THE LEVEL INDICATOR IN THE BACKSPLASH PLATE. THE RIGHT FUEL TANK WAS APPROXIMATELY 1/2 OF AN INCH BELOW THE LEVEL INDICATOR IN THE BACKSPLASH PLATE. THE FUEL TANK SELECTOR WAS FOUND SELECTED TO THE LEFT TANK.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N3672B (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20060926021969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060926021969I), Sep 26, 2006: Beech A36 (N3672B), St Louis, MO. (-23) The pilot landed the BE-36 on runway 26L. The control tower instructed him to taxi to the executive Beechcraft ramp. The pilot failed to turn onto the…

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