# Accident 20130710013309A: Raytheon Aircraft Company A36, Fallon, NV, July 10, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2013, 04:45 local time
- Place: Fallon, NV
- Airport: Fallon Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: UQ8A
- Location: 39.4992° N, 118.7489° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4992&lon=-118.7489&mi=10
- Aircraft: N517DJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N517DJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon A36 (registry code 7150001, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 4
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13LA321](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA321) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130710013309A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 10, 2013, ABOUT 0445 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME (PDT), A RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY, A36, N517DJ, DURING INITIAL CLIMBOUT EXPERIENCED A CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE, RESULTING IN AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING NEAR FALLON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (FLX), FALLON, NEVADA. SILVER SAGE AVIATION, WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 135. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT,  AND  THREE PASSENGERS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES; THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE CROSS-COUNTRY BUSINESS FLIGHT WAS DEPARTING FALLON, NEVADA, ABOUT 0445, WITH A PLANNED DESTINATION OF DIXIE VALLEY, NEVADA.   NIGHT VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.

THE PILOT	REPORTED	THAT DURING CLIMBOUT THE AIRPLANE ENGINE LOST POWER AND HE ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO FLX, BUT WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT, AND MADE A FORCED LANDING IN THE DESERT ADJACENT TO FLX.

DURING RECOVERY OF THE AIRPLANE IT WAS NOTED THAT THERE WAS A BREACH OF THE ENGINE CASE ADJACENT TO THE NUMBER FIVE CYLINDER. THE AIRPLANE WAS   RECOVERED FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION.

## 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 WPR13LA321](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA321), Jul 10, 2013: Raytheon A36 (N517DJ), Fallon, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: A fatigue failure of the No. 5 connecting rod, which resulted in a catastrophic engine failure during the initial climb and a subsequent forced landing.

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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