# Incident 20090522010219I: Beech A36, Grainfield, KS, May 22, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2009, 12:15 local time
- Place: Grainfield, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1143° N, 100.4684° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grainfield, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1143&lon=-100.4684&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3236V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3236V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO550*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,380 total, 300 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090522010219I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  THE AIRCAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM WICHITA, KS. (BEC) TO COLBY, KS (CBK).  DURING CRUISE, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A GYRO WARNING LIGHT INDICATING THE INSTRUMENT PRESSURE PUMP FAILED.  LATER IN THE FLIGHT, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A LIGHT OIL FILM ON AIRCRAFT WINDSHIELD FOLLOWED BY ZERO OIL PRESSURE AND A LOUD BANG.  THE ENGINE SEIZED SHORTLY AFTER.  PILOT CONDUCTED A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD NEAR GRAINFIELD, KS.  DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSITED OF THE LEFT MAGNETO MOUNT CASTINGS BROKEN AND THE MAGNETO LOOSELY POSITIONED ON TOP OF THE LEFT ENGINE AFT CYLINDERS.  THERE WAS NO OTHER VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  NO REPORTED INJURIES.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRANSPORTED VIA TRAILER TO A MAINTENANCE FACILITY AT OAKLEY, KS AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N3236V (1)

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

- [Incident 20091220052869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091220052869I), Dec 20, 2009: Beech A36 (N3236V), Wichita, KS, Minor damage. Pilot was operating in the traffic pattern at kbec conducting a pleasure flight and maintaining night currency. On the third landing pilot claims to have been…

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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