# Incident 20080104010909I: Beech A36, Cheswold, DE, January 4, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 2008, 23:30 local time
- Place: Cheswold, DE
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2198° N, 75.5878° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cheswold, DE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2198&lon=-75.5878&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12KT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12KT-2011-07-25) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080104010909I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 1/4/08 AT APPROXIMATELY 2330L AN AIRCRAFT, BEECH A36, N12KT, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS DAMAGED WHEN IT STRUCK TREES IN FLIGHT ON APPROACH AND SUBSEQUENTLY LANDED AT 33N. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DOES NOT HOLD A PILOT CERTIFICATE OR HOLD A CURRENT MEDICAL CERTIFICATE. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDED DENTS TO BOTH LEADING EDGES, THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND THE LANDING GEAR DOORS.

## Other reports on N12KT (1)

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

- [Accident 19870307005309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870307005309A), Mar 7, 1987: Beech A36 (N12KT), Alma, MI, Substantial damage. The engine failed from fuel starvation in the pattern. The pilot mistakenly switched the fuel selector to off.

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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