# Accident 20080409014459A: Raythn G36, El Dorado, KS, April 9, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2008, 13:45 local time
- Place: El Dorado, KS
- Airport: Captain Jack Thomas/El Dorado
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9419° N, 96.8383° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9419&lon=-96.8383&mi=10
- Aircraft: N984W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHN G36
- Reported engine: CONT IO550B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,100 total, 63 in this make and model, 152 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08LA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080409014459A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 04/09/2008, A HAWKER BEECHCRAFT FIRST TEST FLIGHT OF AIRCRAFT E-3849, A BE 36 BONANZA, N984W, DEPARTED RUNWAY 36 AT KBEC. THE PILOT DEPARTED TRAFFIC FOR THE NORTHEAST AREA TO PERFORM NORMAL TEST FLIGHT FUNCTIONS. WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH FIVE THOUSAND FEET THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE PILOT SET UP GLIDE AND STARTED TO TROUBLESHOOT THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. ALL EFFORTS BY THE PILOT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL IN ATTEMPTED RESTARTS OF THE ENGINE. FROM FIVE MILES OUT OF EL DORADO KANSAS THE AIRCRAFT WAS TURNED TOWARD KEQA. REALIZING THAT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE FOR THE KEQA APPROACH THE PILOT ALIGNED THE AIRCRAFT WITH AN EAST/WEST COUNTRY ROAD WHERE THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED. UPON ROLL OUT THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT WING STRUCK A FENCE POST RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT SECURED THE AIRCRAFT AND WAITED FOR EMERGENCY CREWS TO ARRIVE. SEE ATTACHED FOR AMPLIFIED DETAILS OF THE INVESTIGATION.

## 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 DFW08LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08LA095), Apr 9, 2008: Hawker Beechcraft G36 (N984W), El Dorado, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The improper installation of the fuel manifold valve's brass plug. Contributing to the accident was the unsuitable landing area for the forced 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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