# Incident 20170502006859I: Textron G36, Dalhart, TX, May 2, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2017, 14:20 local time
- Place: Dalhart, TX
- Airport: Dalhart Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0225° N, 102.5474° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALHART MUNI (DHT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0225&lon=-102.5474&mi=10
- Aircraft: N429LD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N429LD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron G36 (registry code 4223554, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-g36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-B (registry code 17208, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON G36
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 562 total, 94 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170502006859I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 2, 2017 N429LD A BEECHCRAFT G36 MADE AN OFF-FIELD LANDING FIVE MILES SOUTH OF DALHART TEXAS. THE PILOT WAS ENROUTE TO DALHART FOR A FUEL STOP WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT NOTED THAT THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS ON THE LEFT TANK, HE MOVED THE SELECTOR TO THE RIGHT AND  ATTEMPTED A RESTART HOWEVER, IT WOULD NOT RESTART. THE PILOT SET UP FOR BEST GLIDE AND DECIDED TO LAND IN A GRASSY FIELD WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THE PRIVATE RATED PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WITH THE MOST SEVERE BEING THE ENTRY STEP HAD BROKE LOOSE FROM THE FUSELAGE AND BREACHED THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RIGHT HORRIZONTAL STABILIZER. THE FUEL TANKS WERE NOT BREACHED. AN INSPECTION OF THE LEFT FUEL TANK SHOWED TO HAVE A MINIMUM QUANTITY WITH NONE VISABLE FROM THE FILLER. THE RIGHT FUEL TANK HAD PLENTY OF FUEL VISABLE FROM THE FILLER.

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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