# Accident 20140526009779A: Beech A36, Rockdale, TX, May 26, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2014, 18:47 local time
- Place: Rockdale, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: PLCA
- Location: 30.6509° N, 96.9992° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6509&lon=-96.9992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N188DP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N188DP-2015-03-03) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 420 total, 100 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14LA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA253) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140526009779A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CRUISE FLIGHT WITH LOSS OF POWER AND DIVERTED TO RCK ROCKDALE, TX (RCK).  IN VISUAL FLIGHT CONDITIONS PILOT MADE AN OFF-AIRPORT LANDING DUE TO LACK OF ALTITUDE TO MAKE THE SELECTED DIVERSION AIRPORT.  UPON CONTACT THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED APPROXIMATELY 120 YARDS STRIKING UNEVEN TERRAIN.  THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS FORCED SHUT OVER THE INBOARD GEAR DOOR. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR ASSEMBLY WAS DESTROYED ALONG WITH BOTH GEAR DOORS.  SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE NOSE GEAR WAS PUSHED UP INTO THE NOSE GEAR WHEEL WELL SHEARING OFF BOTH NOSE GEAR DOORS DAMAGING COWLING GEAR WELL.  DURING CONTACT WITH THE UNEVEN TERRRAIN, THE LEFT WING TIP GAS TANK WAS SEVERED FROM LEFT WING DESTROYING THE WING TIP END CAP AND WING SPAR BEYOND REPAIR.  THE RIGHT WING CAME IN CONTACT WITH A JUVENILE MESQUITE TREE AT THE OUTBOARD LEADING EDGE INSIDE THE RIGHT WING TIP TANK INSTALLATION PENETRATING THROUGH TO RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE TWISTING RIGHT WING SPAR.  THE AIRCRAFT PIVOTED AROUND THE MESQUITE ROOT CLOCKWISE APPROXIMATELY 300 DEGREES.  EMPENNAGE ASSEMBLY AND FUSELAGE APPEAR SLIGHTLY DAMAGED.  CONTROL SURFACES WERE INTACT AND DEFORMED DURING GROUND CONTACT.

AT THE TIME OF FIELD INSPECTION ALL THE ELEMENTS FOR POWERED FLIGHT WERE PRESENT ON AIRCRAFT. FLIGHT CONTROLS WERE INTACT AND PROPERLY RIGGED.

## 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 CEN14LA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA253), May 26, 2014: Beech A36 (N188DP), Rockdale, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident testing revealed no anomalies.

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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