# Accident 20140806012039A: Raytheon Aircraft Company B36TC, Decatur, IL, August 6, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2014, 17:38 local time
- Place: Decatur, IL
- Airport: Decatur Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8244° N, 88.8844° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8244&lon=-88.8844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1069T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1069T-2014-12-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon B36TC (registry code 7150008, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-b36tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY B36TC
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 575 total, 230 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14LA408](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA408) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140806012039A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE QUIT WHILE ON BASE LEG FOR APPROACH TO LANDING RUNWAY 36.  POWER WAS RESTORED FOR A FEW SECONDS WHEN FUEL PUMP WAS TURNED ON BUT THE ENGINE QUIT AGAIN.  THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN THE EDGE OF A CORN FIELD ABOUT 1950 FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY 36 THRESHOLD ON AIRPORT PROPERTY. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST OUTSIDE CORN FIELD FACING A SOUTHEASTERLY HEADING ABOUT 1750 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY 36 THRESHOLD.

## 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 CEN14LA408](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA408), Aug 6, 2014: Raytheon B36TC (N1069T), Decatur, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: Debris in the fuel system, which resulted in fuel starvation and a subsequent loss of engine power.

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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