# Accident 20110828020269A: Beech A36, Napa, CA, August 28, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2011, 12:37 local time
- Place: Napa, CA
- Airport: Napa County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2131° N, 122.2806° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2131&lon=-122.2806&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6052W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6052W-2012-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,450 total, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11LA410](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA410) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110828020269A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT N6052W DEPARTED SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA (KTVL) WITH THE INTENDED DESTINATION OF NAPA, CA (KAPC) ON 8/28/2011.  THE DEPARTURE WAS AT APPROXIMATELY 12:00 PM.  THE FLIGHT EN-ROUTE WAS UNEVENTFUL.  UPON APPROACH TO THE NAPA, CA AIRPORT (KAPC), THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 24 AT APPROXIMATELY THREE MILES FROM THE AIRPORT.  APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT AT 1200 FT. MSL, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE POWER LOSS AND DECIDED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT ON HIGHWAY 29 NEAR THE AIRPORT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED ON THE HIGHWAY WITH THE LANDING GEAR UP.  THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE ROAD ONTO A DIRT SHOULDER AND STRUCK A METAL LIGHT POLE.  THE AIRCRAFT OCCUPANTS SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER EXITING THE AIRCRAFT HE LATER RETURNED AND SWITCHED THE FUEL SUPPLY TO THE OFF POSITION AND DISCONNECTED THE ELT AND BATTERY.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO THE NAPA AIRPORT FOR EXAMINATION.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS EXAMINED ON 8/29/2011.  THE RIGHT WING FUEL TANK WAS CHECKED AND FOUND TO HAVE 11 GALLONS OF FUEL IN THE TANK.  THE LEFT WING FUEL TANK WAS BREACHED WITH A LARGE HOLE DUE TO THE CRASH IMPACT INTO A METAL LIGHT POLE.  THERE WAS A RESIDUAL AMOUNT OF FUEL FOUND IN THE LEFT TANK CONTAINED WITHIN AN ABSORBENT PAD PLACED IN THE OPEN TANK BY THE FIRST RESPONDERS.  A PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED NO OBVIOUS DEFECTS.  AN EXAMINATION OF THE PROPELLER INDICATES THAT THE ENGINE WAS PRODUCING TORQUE AT THE TIME OF IMPACT WITH THE SOIL ADJACENT THE HIGHWAY. ALL OF THE FUEL LINES IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WERE FOUND TO BE SECURED AND IN TACT. THE ANNUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS CURRENT.  A MORE THOROUGH EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT AS DIRECTED BY THE NTSB WILL BE CONDUCTED AT A FUTURE DATE.

## 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 WPR11LA410](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA410), Aug 28, 2011: Beech A36 (N6052W), Napa, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s mismanagement of the fuel supply, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to 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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