# Accident 20131218024549A: Raytheon Aircraft Company G36, Panama City, FL, December 18, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2013, 07:23 local time
- Place: Panama City, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1019° N, 85.4622° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1019&lon=-85.4622&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89SN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89SN-2016-06-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon G36 (registry code 7150061, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-g36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY G36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 65 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14FA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14FA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131218024549A

## Narrative

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

N89SN BE-36G FLIGHT FROM NORTH PALM BEACH COUNTY GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT (F45), WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA TO DESTIN-FORT WALTON BEACH AIRPORT (DTS), DESTIN, FLORIDA. PILOT REPORTED TO TYNDELL AFB TOWER THAT HE HAD ENGINE PROBLEMS AND DIVERTED TO SANDY CREEK AIRPARK (75FL), PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA. AIRCRAFT CRASHED 1 MILE EAST OF 75FL INTO TREES/WOODED AREA PILOT WAS FATAL INJURED.

## 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 ERA14FA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14FA074), Dec 18, 2013: Raytheon G36 (N89SN), Panama City, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate preflight and inflight fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the pilot’s injuries was his failure to use the…

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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