# Incident 20120713014579I: Beech A36, Tuscaloosa, AL, July 13, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2012, 10:30 local time
- Place: Tuscaloosa, AL
- Airport: Tuscaloosa Regional
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2206° N, 87.6114° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Tuscaloosa National Airport (TCL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2206&lon=-87.6114&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4307S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4307S) (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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 34,600 total, 380 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120713014579I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE WAS OPERATING AIRCRAFT AFTER SOME MAINTENANCE ON THE AUTO PILOT SYSTEM.  HE WAS AT 7,500FT AND STARTED A LONG DESCENT TO 2,500 WITH THE THROTTLE AT IDLE, HE PUSHED THE THROTTLE FORWARD FOR POWER AND THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND AND QUIT.  PILOT TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO RESTART, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND CONCENTRATED HIS FULL ATTENTION TO THE EMERGENCY LANDING. THE PILOT LANDED IN A SOY BEAN FIELD .25 MILE SHORT OF RUNWAY 04 AT TUSCALOOSA AIRPORT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. BAMA AIR MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD START, BUT WOULD NOT IDLE, 'IT WOULD DIE OUT".  PERSONNEL ADJUSTED THE IDLE MIXTURE TO A HIGHER RPM AND ENGINE PREFORMED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN TO BAMA AIR FACILITY AT (TCL) WHERE IT WAS FURTHER GROUND RUN WITH THE IDLE AND MIXTURE SETTING VERIFIED IAW CONTINENTAL MOTORS MAINTENANCE MANUAL.  AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE BY BAMA AIR MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL.

## Other reports on N4307S (1)

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

- [Incident 19861116068819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861116068819I), Nov 16, 1986: Beech A36 (N4307S), Colorado Spring, CO. Aircraft was operated at a low altitude over congested area. Aircraft was possibly stolen. Pilot not located.

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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