# Accident 20180122001119A: Beech A36, Abilene, TX, January 22, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 2018, 08:45 local time
- Place: Abilene, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4486° N, 99.7331° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4486&lon=-99.7331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3600A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3600A-2020-08-02) (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: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 350 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180122001119A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 22, 2018, AT APPROXIMATELY 0845 LOCAL, N3600A, A BEECH A36 AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE AT ABILENE, TEXAS.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A BUSINESS FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND PILOT SUSTAINED A SERIOUS INJURY.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ABILENE REGIONAL AIRPORT, TEXAS ON JANUARY 22, 2018 AT 0830 LOCAL.

## 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 CEN18LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA084), Jan 22, 2018: Beech A36 (N3600A), Abilene, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: Maintenance personnel’s improper maintenance of the engine, which resulted in a catastrophic engine failure due the shifting/slipping of the No. 2 bearing and the subsequent oil starvation and total…

## Other reports on N3600A (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19800828065509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800828065509I), Aug 28, 1980: Beech A36 (N3600A), Claremont, NH, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to extend landing gear.

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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