# Accident 20170703008819A: Beech A36, El Paso, TX, July 3, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2017, 20:10 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: El Paso International Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: XGNA
- Location: 31.8122° N, 106.3828° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8122&lon=-106.3828&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24LF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24LF-2018-08-31) (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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,086 total, 213 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17LA255](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA255) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170703008819A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 3, 2017 AT 2110 MDT, A BEECHCRAFT A-36 BONANZA REGISTERED TO GTA AIR INC. LANDED ON A SERVICE ROAD NEXT TO RUNWAY 26R AT EL PASO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EL PASO TEXAS, WHILE ON A 14CFR 135 FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE CERTIFIED COMMERCIAL PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT EL PASO, TEXAS, ON JULY 3, 2017 AT 2059 MDT.

## 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 CEN17LA255](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA255), Jul 4, 2017: Beech A36 (N24LF), El Paso, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined because a postaccident examination did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal engine operation.

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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