# Accident 20170915024389A: Beech A36, Mcalister, OK, September 15, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2017, 16:15 local time
- Place: Mcalister, OK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8719° N, 95.7878° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8719&lon=-95.7878&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18403, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N18403) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,064 total, 72 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17LA357](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA357) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170915024389A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS INBOUND FOR RUNWAY 20 AT MCL AND HAD DESENDED TO FL1400 AGL WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER. PILOT THEN ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 2. ABOUT 200 YARDS SHORT OF RUNWAY 2 THE PILOT LANDED IN A HAY FIELD. THE LANDING GEAR COLAPSED ON LANDING ROLL AND SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WAS NO FUEL NOTED IN THE LEFT WING BUT THE FUEL TANK WAS BREACHED AND THE RIGHT TANK HAD VISABLE FUEL.

## 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 CEN17LA357](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA357), Sep 15, 2017: Beech A36 (N18403), McAlester, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination of the engine did not reveal any evidence of mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have…

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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