# Incident 20100522005849I: Beech A36, Winterset, IA, May 22, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2010, 11:15 local time
- Place: Winterset, IA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3444° N, 94.0130° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Winterset, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3444&lon=-94.0130&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36GG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36GG-2012-04-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 11,040 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100522005849I

## Narrative

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

THE ATP RATED PILOT WAS REPOSITIONING THE AIRCRAFT FROM WINTERSET, IA (3Y3) TO DES MOINES, IA (DSM) AFTER THE AIRCRAFT HAD JUST HAD AN ANNUAL INSPECTION COMPLETED.  WITHIN MINUTES AFTER TAKE OFF, OIL PRESSURE WAS LOST, THE ENGINE SEIZED AND THE PILOT MADE AN OFF-AIRPORT EMERGENCY LANDING CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED.  IT WAS DETERMINED THAT DURING THE ENGINE OIL CHANGE A DRAIN HOSE ATTACHED TO THE QUICK DRAIN WAS LEFT IN PLACE.  WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL RETRACTED, IT CONTACTED THE HOSE, THUS OPENING THE QUICK DRAIN AND DUMPING THE ENGINE OIL.

## Other reports on N36GG (1)

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

- [Incident 19990527023739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990527023739I), May 27, 1999: Beech A36 (N36GG), Spirit Lake, IA, Minor damage. (-23) On may 27, 1999, Mr. Davisson the PIC of aircraft N36GG, landed at the Spirit Lake airport, Spirit Lake IA, with the landing gear not extended. Mr.…

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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