# Accident 20110904020629A: Questair Inc VENTURE, Memphis, TN, September 4, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2011, 11:47 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: Memphis International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0386° N, 89.9728° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0386&lon=-89.9728&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36V-2012-03-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Questair VENTURE (registry code 05615A8, https://openairdocs.org/model/questair-venture) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: QUESTAIR INC VENTURE
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 250 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA482](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA482) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110904020629A

## Narrative

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

ON 9/04/2011, N36V, A QUESTAIR VENTURE, OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, IN VMC WEATHER CONDITIONS, EXPERIENCED A LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE FAILURE DURING TAKEOFF REQUESTED TO RETURN TO MEM AND WAS DIRECTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 36C WHEN, UPON TOUCH DOWN AND LANDING ROLLOUT, VEERED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP AFTER STRIKING A CONCRETE DRAIN AND TIPPING FORWARD ON THE NOSE. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE CONSISTED OF A COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR, PROPELLER DAMAGE AND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE KEEL BEAM, FUSELAGE FRAME AND SKIN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ACCIDENT.

## 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 ERA11CA482](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA482), Sep 4, 2011: Questair Venture (N36V), Memphis, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inability to maintain directional control during landing with a flat tire. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the left main landing gear tire for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N36V (2)

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

- [Accident 20080412014359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080412014359A), Apr 12, 2008: Amtr VENTURE (N36V), Salt Lake City, UT, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot stated that after landing he applied brakes. The left brake wasn't working well enough to stop or slow enough to turn. He thought it would slow…
- [Incident 20050620016489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050620016489I), Jun 20, 2005: Amtr VENTURE (N36V), Denver, CO, Minor damage. (-23) Awi 451 which had just departed den heard N36V calling with an emergency with aileron control. ATC identified N36V 11 miles se of ftg and issued headings…

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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