# Accident 20091114022289A: Beech A36, San Gabriel, CA, November 14, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 2009, 16:17 local time
- Place: San Gabriel, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1000° N, 118.0836° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1000&lon=-118.0836&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17803, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17803-2013-10-31) (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
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091114022289A

## Narrative

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

ON 11/14/09, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (ONLY PERSON ON BOARD), DEPARTED LA VERNE, CA (POC) ENROUTE TO VAN NUYS, CA (VNY) AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON/NEAR RAILROAD TRACKS IN SAN GABRIEL, CA.  ONCE ON THE GROUND, HE BOUNCED A FEW TIMES AND CONTINUED FOLLOWING THE RAILROAD TRACKS GOING EAST ABOUT 500 YARDS WHERE HE THEN CROSSED AN ACTIVE STREET MISSING VEHICLES AND IMPACTED A BLOCK WALL.  THE AIRCRAFT BURST INTO FLAMES AND WAS DESTROYED BY SEVERE IMPACT AND FIRE, AND THE PILOT WAS KILLED.   NO PERSONS ON THE GROUND WERE INJURED, BUT SOME DAMAGE HAD BEEN DONE TO STREET SIGNS, RAILING, AND A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS PARKING LOT.

## 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 WPR10FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA056), Nov 15, 2009: Beech A36 (N17803), San Gabriel, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Failure of the exhaust band V-clamp during cruise flight, which resulted in an in-flight fire and a subsequent forced landing.

## Other reports on N17803 (2)

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

- [Incident 20050820030509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050820030509I), Aug 20, 2005: Beech A36 (N17803), San Luis Obispo, CA, Minor damage. (-23) On August 20, 2005, at approximately 1400 local time, the pilot of N17803, a Beechcraft bonanza model A36 was on rollout after landing. Per the pilot's…
- [Accident 19921006042509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921006042509A), Oct 6, 1992: Beech A36 (N17803), Port St Lucie, FL, Substantial damage. Lost power. Struck tree stump on forced landing. No fuel on board.

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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