# Incident 20140908018919I: Beech A36, Brea, CA, September 8, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2014, 12:45 local time
- Place: Brea, CA
- Airport: Fullerton
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8720° N, 117.9798° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FULLERTON MUNI (FUL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8720&lon=-117.9798&mi=10
- Aircraft: N361DM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N361DM) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 2,000 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/20140908018919I

## Narrative

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

N361DM LANDED OFF AIRPORT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM FULLERTON AIRPORT. THE NTSB HAD RELEASED THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO THE IIC'S ARRIVAL ON SCENE. BY TELEPHONE THE PILOT STATED THAT THE TANKS WERE HALF FULL AND THE INDICATORS SHOWED HALF FULL INDICATION. THE PILOT WAS NOT AT THE AIRCRAFT WHEN THE INSPECTOR ARRIVED ON SCENE. THE ON-SCENE INSPECTOR FOUND THE RIGHT WING FUEL TANK HAD FUEL IN IT. THE LEFT WING FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY. THE AIRCRAFT'S FUEL SELECTOR WAS SELECTED TO THE LEFT TANK.

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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