# Accident 20100305028579A: Beech A36, Lorenzo, TX, March 5, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2010, 04:33 local time
- Place: Lorenzo, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4906° N, 101.5875° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4906&lon=-101.5875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2036Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2036Y-2013-08-27) (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: CONT MOTOR IO 550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA140) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100305028579A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 5, 2010, AT 2152 ZULU N2036Y, A BE-36-A36 LOST ENGINE POWER DURING CRUISE FLIGHT.  THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE ENGINE LOST POWER WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN LEVEL FLIGHT AT 5500FT EASTBOUND 20 MILES EAST OF PRESTON SMITH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT(LBB). THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A COTTON FIELD SOUTH OF LORENZO, TEXAS AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY PERSON ABOARD, AND HE SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS CLEAR WITH LIGHT WINDS.

## 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 CEN10LA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA140), Mar 5, 2010: Beech A36 (N2036Y), Slaton, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to the insufficient clamping force between the two crankcase halves and each cylinder to the crankcase.

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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