# Accident 20080608838869A: Beech A36, Grand Rapids, MN, June 8, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2008, 20:30 local time
- Place: Grand Rapids, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.2111° N, 93.5097° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2111&lon=-93.5097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7214Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7214Y-2010-07-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO550B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,232 total, 162 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA154) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080608838869A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ZMP ARTCC REPORT: AIRCRAFT REPORTED MECHANICAL PROBLEM AND DIVERTED TO GPZ.  AIRCRAFT REPORTED THE ENGINE CAUSING TROUBLE AND THE PILOT LANDED 5 MILES NORTH OF GPZ IN A FIELD.  PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY, REPORTED SMOKE IN THE CABIN, WIND SCREEN COVERED THE SCREEN COVERED IN THICK FILM OF OIL.  LANDED AIRCRAFT 5 MILES NORTH OF GPS IN A FIELD.  AFTER LANDING, PILOT NOTICED PROPELLER NOT ATTACHED TO AIRFRAME.

## 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 CHI08LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA154), Jun 9, 2008: Beech A36 (N7214Y), Grand Rapids, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine thrust due to the propeller separating from the aircraft as a result of fatigue failure of the propeller attachment bolts caused by the insufficient torque of the bolts during…

## Other reports on N7214Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19990602014639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990602014639I), Jun 2, 1999: Beech A36 (N7214Y), Boston, MA, Minor damage. On t/o aircraft had complete electrical failure. Aircraft made emergency landing, in that landing the l/g would not deploy which resulted in a gear up 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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