# Accident 20120512021879A: Beech A36TC, Erwin, NC, May 12, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2012, 12:45 local time
- Place: Erwin, NC
- Airport: Harnett County Regional Jetpor
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3800° N, 78.7322° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3800&lon=-78.7322&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2WZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2WZ-2014-10-17) (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: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total, 95 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12LA336](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA336) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120512021879A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 12, 2012, A BEECHCRAFT BONANZA, N2WZ, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, DEPARTED HARNETT COUNTY AIRPORT (KHRJ) AT APPROXIMATELY 12:45 P.M. USING RUNWAY 23.  VFR CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIME.  THERE WERE 5 PASSENGERS ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT PLUS THE PILOT.  THE AIRCRAFT FAILED TO CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF AND CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS LEFT OF THE RUNWAY 23 CENTERLINE.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON ITS BELLY IN A BRIAR PATCH.  THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER TAKEOFF THE ENGINE WAS MAKING NOISES AND NOT PRODUCING ENOUGH POWER.  ALL 5 PASSENGERS AND PILOT WERE ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT AND THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES.  A WITNESS ON THE GROUND STATES THE AIRCRAFT LOOKED VERY SLOW AND UNSTABLE AFTER TAKEOFF AND HE DID NOT HEAR ANY ABNORMALITIES WITH THE ENGINE.  A LIMITED POST CRASH INVESTIGATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED A BROKEN EXHAUST VALVE SPRING ON ONE OF THE CYLINDERS.

## 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 ERA12LA336](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA336), May 12, 2012: Beech A36TC (N2WZ), Erwin, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The partial loss of engine power shortly after takeoff due to fatigue-fractured exhaust valve springs. Contributing to the accident was the mechanic’s decision to install exhaust valve springs with…

## Other reports on N2WZ (1)

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

- [Accident 19810207003019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810207003019A), Feb 7, 1981: Beech A36TC (N2WZ), Santa Cruz, CA, Substantial damage. No checkout in type. Made premature erratic liftoff. Unable to leave ground effect. Struck fence and embankment.

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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