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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Raytheon G36 · Paradise Lakes, CA · August 19, 2011

Date: August 19, 2011 · 10:25 local
Place: Paradise Lakes, CA
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N336RW
Reported as: Raytheon G36
Reported engine: Continental IO-550 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N336RWRegistered now · Raytheon G36S/N E-3636 · Built 2005 Airframe modelRaytheon G36 Engine modelContinental IO-550 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot was on final to a private landing strip south of bakersfield at 2000 feet AGL when the engine began to run rough and the aircraft began to vibrate. Also, the engine lost oil pressure, RPM, and manifold pressure. The pilot set up a glide descent after declaring an emergency and landed the aircraft in a field about one mile short of the runway. On touchdown in the soft field, the nose landing gear was sheared off. The propeller was damaged. Two large holes in the crankcase were visible. There appeared to be no damage to the flight controls, wings, firewall, or fuselage. There were no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS ON FINAL TO A PRIVATE LANDING STRIP SOUTH OF BAKERSFIELD AT 2000 FEET AGL WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VIBRATE. ALSO, THE ENGINE LOST OIL PRESSURE, RPM, AND MANIFOLD PRESSURE. THE PILOT SET UP A GLIDE DESCENT AFTER DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A FIELD ABOUT ONE MILE SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. ON TOUCHDOWN IN THE SOFT FIELD, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS SHEARED OFF. THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED. TWO LARGE HOLES IN THE CRANKCASE WERE VISIBLE. THERE APPEARED TO BE NO DAMAGE TO THE FLIGHT CONTROLS, WINGS, FIREWALL, OR FUSELAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.