# Accident 20130923019739A: Beech A36, Loxahatchee, FL, September 23, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 2013, 12:49 local time
- Place: Loxahatchee, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.6472° N, 80.3319° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6472&lon=-80.3319&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40KG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40KG-2014-03-18) (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: CONTINENTAL MOTORS IO 550-B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 640 total, 450 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13LA428](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA428) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130923019739A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ENROUTE FROM KIAD TO KBCT. AT 4,000 FEET ALTITUDE, APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES NW OF KBCT

THE PILOT STATED THAT THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING.

THE PILOT LANDED ON FLORIDA SR80, A 4 LANE DIVIDED HIGHWAY. THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND VEERED OFF THE RH SIDE OF THE ROAD.  THE RIGHT WING STRUCK A METAL ROAD SIGN, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO YAW TO THE RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED WESTBOUND, YAWING TO THE RIGHT, CAUSING THE LEFT WING TO STRIKE A ELECTRICAL POWER POLE AND COME TO REST.

THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE OR FUEL PRESENT.

## 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 ERA13LA428](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA428), Sep 23, 2013: Beech A36 (N40KG), Wellington, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to an interruption in fuel flow, which was most likely due to fuel starvation. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to maintain control of the…

## Other reports on N40KG (1)

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

- [Incident 20100705043159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100705043159I), Jul 5, 2010: Beech A36 (N40KG), Minor damage. N40KG was inbound for landing to runway 1R at Washington Dulles International (iad). ATC requested that the pilot keep up his speed as much as possible. He…

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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