# Incident 20140615007919I: Beech A36, Taos, NM, June 15, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2014, 11:45 local time
- Place: Taos, NM
- Airport: Taos Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4517° N, 105.6731° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAOS RGNL (SKX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4517&lon=-105.6731&mi=10
- Aircraft: N144K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N144K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-520
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,400 total, 600 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140615007919I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 15, 2014 AT APPROXIMATELY 0908 CDT N144K (BEECHCRAFT A36) DEPARTED TWIN-OAKS AIRPORT (T94), SAN ANTONIO, TX ON AN VFR FLIGHT PLAN WITH A SCHEDULED LANDING AT TAOS REGIONAL AIRPORT (SKX), TAOS, NM.  AT APPROXIMATELY 11:45 MDT, THE ENGINE QUIT PRODUCING POWER AND AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING WAS MADE.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE ON APPROACH TO COUNTY ROAD 115 HE NOTICED FIVE BICYCLISTS AND ELECTED TO TOUCH DOWN IN THE SAGE BRUSH ADJACENT TO THE ROAD.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR AND PRIVATE PILOT WHOM WAS INSTRUMENT RATED AND HIS SPOUSE RECEIVED NO INJURIES.

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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