# Incident 20100413032569I: Beech A36TC, Torrance, CA, April 13, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 2010, 12:30 local time
- Place: Torrance, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8305° N, 118.3566° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Torrance, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8305&lon=-118.3566&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36TM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36TM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36TC (registry code 1151603, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36TC
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,191 total, 2,133 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100413032569I

## Narrative

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

PILOT CONDUCTED A HARD LANDING THAT RESULTED IN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSING CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FORWARD NOSE COWLING AND GEAR DOORS AND ALLOWED THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY. PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## Other reports on N36TM (3)

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

- [Incident 20000501022669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000501022669I), May 1, 2000: Beech A36TC (N36TM), Jackson, WY. (-23)Pilot made a flight from oakland, California to Jackson, Wyoming, but started the flight with poor and incomplete preflight planning. He filed no flight…
- [Incident 19890906051799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890906051799I), Sep 6, 1989: Beech A36TC (N36TM), Reno, NV, Minor damage. Made a hard landing in gusty winds. Lost control, bounced and nose gear collapsed. Strut not in trunion.
- [Incident 19800721061759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800721061759I), Jul 21, 1980: Beech A36 (N36TM), Laramie, WY. Forced landing after engine quit. Suspect fuel starvation.

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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