# Accident 20180504004629A: Beech A36, Shullsburg, WI, May 4, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2018, 17:09 local time
- Place: Shullsburg, WI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5731° N, 90.2322° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5731&lon=-90.2322&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36LP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36LP) (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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 994 total, 281 in this make and model, 299 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA159) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180504004629A

## Narrative

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

AIRPLANE LOST ALL ENGINE POWER AND PILOT SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE

COWLING AND ENTERING THE CABIN. HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND ASKED AIR

TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) FOR VECTORS TO AN AIRPORT. ATC SAID THERE WAS A

PRIVATE LANDING STRIP FIVE DEGREES TO HIS RIGHT. ATC TOLD HIM THEY WOULD

HAVE TO CALL THE OWNER FOR PERMISSION TO LAND AND THEN TRIED TO HAND HIM

OFF TO ANOTHER CONTROL CENTER. PILOT STATED THAT HE COULD NOT LOCATE THE

AIRSTRIP AND AFTER A SEVERAL MINUTES ASKED ATC IF HE HAD PASSED IT, WHICH

HE HAD. ATC SAID THERE WAS ANOTHER AIRPORT ELEVEN MILES AWAY. PILOT

STATED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ALTITUDE AND WOULD BE MAKING AN OFFFIELD LANDING. PILOT SAID THAT HE SAW A ROAD THAT WAS FREE OF TRAFFIC AND

WAS GOING TO ATTEMPT TO LAND, BUT AFTER GETTING CLOSER HE SAW THE ROAD

WAS NARROW AND LINED ON ONE SIDE WITH TELEPHONE POLES AND LINED ON THE

OTHER SIDE WITH FENCE POSTS. PILOT DECIDED TO LAND IN THE FIELD NEXT TO

THE ROAD. HE SELECTED THE GEAR UP AND LANDED ON THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT

IN THE FIELD.

## 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 CEN18LA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA159), May 5, 2018: Beech A36 (N36LP), Shullsburg, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: A catastrophic engine failure due to improper torque on the engine through-bolt nuts, which resulted in relative movement between the crankcase halves, damage to a main journal bearing, and a loss of…

## Other reports on N36LP (3)

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

- [Incident 19920206022329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920206022329I), Feb 6, 1992: Beech A36 (N36LP), Omaha, NE, Minor damage. Alternator fail light on en route. Gear collpased on rollout at destination. Found a bad alternator switch.
- [Incident 19891023058689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891023058689I), Oct 23, 1989: Beech A36 (N36LP), Eau Claire, WI, Minor damage. Appears pilot was late in getting gear down. Gear out of wells only eight inches. No malfuction found.
- [Incident 19890720043019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890720043019I), Jul 20, 1989: Beech A36 (N36LP), Minneapolis, MN, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on rollout. FAA maintenance personnel indicated that the gear had been retracted in error.

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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