# Accident 20090415005069A: Beech A36, Lopez Island, WA, April 15, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2009, 19:49 local time
- Place: Lopez Island, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.4333° N, 122.8833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4333&lon=-122.8833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N464TJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N464TJ-2012-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon A36 (registry code 7150001, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO550B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,048 total, 847 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09LA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA197) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090415005069A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  THE PILOT DEPARTED SNOHOMISH COUNTY AIRPORT (PAE) HEADING FOR FRIDAY HARBOR. (FHR) DURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE PILOT NOTICED AN INCREASE IN PROPELLER RPM.  THE PILOT STATED HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE CONTROLLING THE RPM.  NEXT THERE WAS A LOUD BANG FROM THE ENGINE FOLLOWED BY A TRAIL OF WHITE SMOKE FLOWING OVER THE WIND SCREEN.  THE CABIN IMMEDIATELY FILLED WITH SMOKE.  THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY NO FLAP LANDING DOING ABOUT 100 MPH.  AFTER INSPECTING THE AIRCRAFT I NOTICED THE ENGINE OIL CAP WAS NOT INSTALLED PROPERLY.

## 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 WPR09LA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA197), Apr 16, 2009: Raytheon A36 (N464TJ), Lopez Island, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power during cruise flight due to oil starvation. The oil starvation event was due to the failure of maintenance personnel to tighten the aft mounting nuts for the newly installed…

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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