# Accident 20120728022229A: Beech A36TC, Fayetteville, NC, July 28, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2012, 12:10 local time
- Place: Fayetteville, NC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9881° N, 78.8747° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9881&lon=-78.8747&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6672X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6672X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36TC (registry code 1151603, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSI0-520-F-K (registry code 17031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsi0-520-f-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36TC
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GTSI0-520-F-K
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 782 total, 17 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12LA489](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA489) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120728022229A

## Narrative

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

THE OPERATOR ARRIVED AT HATTERAS AIRPORT AND NOTICED FUEL LEAKING FROM THE RIGHT WING QUICK DRAIN AND VISUALLY INSPECTED FUEL QUANTITY IN THE LEFT AND RIGHT TANKS. (NO FUEL FACILITY IN HATTERAS TO TOP OFF).  DEPARTED HATTERAS TO FAYETTEVILLE AND THE ENGINE STOPPED ON APPROACH TO FAYETTEVILLE. ATTEMPTED RESTART AND LANDED APPROX. 700 FT. SHORT OF RUNWAY STRIKING THE GROUND WITH RIGHT WING TANK, DAMAGING RIGHT WING AND TIP TANK. ROLLED TO STOP WITH THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED ON WHEELS.THE POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT PROVED NO FUEL WAS IN THE LEFT TANK AND VERY LITTLE FUEL WAS IN THE RIGHT TANK. THE FUEL SELECTOR AT THE TIME OF INVESTIGATION WAS IN THE LEFT HAND TANK POSITION.SERVICED LEFT TANK WITH 5 GALLONS OF FUEL. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF ROGERS AIRCRAFT SERVICE STARTED AND RAN ENGINE WHILE FAA INSPECTOR TIM MCQUAIN OBSERVED. ENGINE STARTED AND RAN TO TAKE OFF POWER.  THE ENGINE APPEARED TO OPERATE NORMALLY AND NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED.

## 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 ERA12LA489](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA489), Jul 28, 2012: Beech A36TC (N6672X), Fayetteville, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

## Other reports on N6672X (1)

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

- [Incident 20160908016969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160908016969I), Sep 8, 2016: Beech A36TC (N6672X), Louisville, KY, Minor damage. N6672X was struck by a turkey buzzard on the left (pilot side) wing in the outboard portion, top of leading edge, between the pitot tube and stall warning vent…

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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