# Accident 20100430035389A: Beech A36TC, El Paso, TX, April 30, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2010, 17:16 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8167° N, 106.3500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8167&lon=-106.3500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3692Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3692Q-2013-07-09) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 3,700 total, 2,100 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA235) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100430035389A

## Narrative

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

AT 1716 LOCAL TIME, N3692Q, A HAWKER BEECHCRAFT MODEL A-36-TC AIRPLANE LANDED APPROXIMATELY 2.5 MILES SHORT OF RUNWAY 22 AT THE EL PASO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (ELP).  THE AIRPLANE LANDED NOSE AND WINGS LEVEL ON ROUGH SANDY DESERT TERRAIN WITH FOUR TO SIX FEET OF MOUNDED SAND WITHIN MANY BUSHES/SHRUBS.  THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN BETWEEN TWO MOUNDS, EACH WING HIT A MOUND OF SAND, THE WINGS BECAME BENT AND FOLDED NOSE DOWN AND BACK AND PARTIALLY SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE.  TOTAL LANDING DISTANCE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80 FEET.  DURING THE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, THE LEFT WING WAS FOUND NOSE DOWN WITH THE LEADING EDGE MOSTLY TOUCHING THE GROUND AND THE LEADING EDGE AREA WAS STILL INTACT.  THE LEFT WING FUEL BLADDER DID NOT APPEAR TO BE COMPROMISED OTHER THAN THE FINGER SCREEN WAS PULLED FROM THE TANK BOSS, WHICH WAS NEAR THE HIGHEST POINT IN THE TANK SYSTEM GIVEN THE ATTITUDE AT WHICH IT CAME TO REST.  DURING EXAMINATION OF THE TANK, IT WAS NOTED THERE WERE WAS ONLY A FAINT SMELL OF FUEL WHEN THE FUEL FILLER CAP WAS REMOVED AND NO FUEL COULD BE OBSERVED OR FELT BY ROCKING THE WING AND PLACING A HAND IN THE FUEL TANK.  THE RIGHT WING CAME TO REST IN A VERY SIMILAR FASHION EXCEPT THE TIP OF THE WING WAS APPROXIMATELY 2 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND.  DURING EXAMINATION OF THE RIGHT WING, IT WAS NOTED THE SAME DAMAGE EXISTED EXCEPT THE WING ROOT WAS BUCKLED AND IT DID APPEAR TO HAVE COMPROMISED THE FUEL TANK BLADDER.  THERE WAS SOME SMELL OF FUEL, BUT NONE COULD BE OBSERVED BY ROCKING THE WING AND FEELING INSIDE THE TANK.  ALL OF THE FLIGHT CONTROLS WERE INTACT AND HAD CONTROL CONTINUITY.  THE FLAPS WERE BOTH FOUND IN THE AT OR NEAR FULL DOWN POSITION BY EXAMINATION OF THE FLAP JACK SCREW ACTUATORS.  ALL OF THE FUEL LINES IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WERE INTACT AND NONE APPEARED TO HAVE ANY LEAKS AND WERE TIGHTENED.  THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVE WAS FOUND POSITIONED TO THE RIGHT WING TANK.  THE FUEL PUMP WAS FOUND IN THE AUX POSITION.

## 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 CEN10LA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA235), Apr 30, 2010: Beech A36TC (N3692Q), El Paso, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N3692Q (1)

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

- [Incident 20080627838439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080627838439I), Jun 27, 2008: Beech A36TC (N3692Q), Roche Harbor, WA, Substantial damage. (-23) The PIC landed with the gear in the up position. After landing he noticed that the landing gear fuse had popped.

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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