# Accident 20100401030499A: Beech B36TC, Dayton, OH, April 1, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 2010, 12:56 local time
- Place: Dayton, OH
- Airport: Wright Brothers
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5808° N, 84.2292° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5808&lon=-84.2292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4BA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4BA-2014-10-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B36TC (registry code 1151609, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b36tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B36TC
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 86 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10FA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA180) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100401030499A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED IFR FOR DPA AND THE PILOT ADVISED THEY WERE RETURNING TO MGY DUE TO A COMPARTMENT  THAT CAME OPEN, THEN TRANSMITTED THEY WERE DECLARING AN EMERGENCY DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE.

## 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 CEN10FA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA180), Apr 1, 2010: Beech B36TC (N4BA), Dayton, OH, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The complete loss of engine power due to failure of the No. 1 main bearing, and the secondary failure of a crankcase through-bolt and the fuel pump drive coupling. Contributing to the accident was…

## Other reports on N4BA (1)

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

- [Incident 19980805029099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980805029099I), Aug 5, 1998: Beech B36TC (N4BA), Pinedale, WY, Minor damage. When pilot was on downwind leg for landing, he saw aircraft on runway for departure. He decided to make a go around, retracted the landing gear, and on the…

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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