# Accident 20200122000049A: Beech B36TC, Corona, CA, January 22, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 2020, 12:11 local time
- Place: Corona, CA
- Airport: Corona Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8961° N, 117.6022° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8961&lon=-117.6022&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36TT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36TT-2021-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B36TC (registry code 1151609, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b36tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B36TC
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,800 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR20FA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20FA072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200122000049A

## Narrative

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

PILOT JOSEPH ZINGALI ATTEMPTED TO TAKE OFF RUNWAY 7 FROM CORONA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT ON 1/22/2020 AT 12:11PM PACIFIC TIME.  THE AIRPLANE, N36TT, HAD JOSEPH ZINGALI AND THREE OTHER PASSENGERS ONBOARD.  ONE PASSENGER DANIEL RODRIGUEZ, IS A CERTIFICATED PILOT BUT WAS IN THE BACK SEAT AND DID NOT OCCUPY A CREW MEMBER STATION.

ON TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT FAILED TO LIFT OFF. IT WENT THROUGH AN AIRPORT PERIMETER FENCE HITTING A DRAINAGE DITCH WHICH CAUSED THE PLANE TO FLIP OVER AND CATCH FIRE.  ALL FOUR OCCUPANTS WERE KILLED IN THE ACCIDENT.  WITNESS STATEMENTS AND VIDEO SURVEILLANCE CONFIRMED THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS.

MR. ZINGALI ADDED 78.06 GALLONS OF FUEL TO THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE TAKEOFF.  WITNESSES STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE ATTEMPTED TO TAKE OFF WITH FLAPS FULLY DEPLOYED.  VIDEO SURVEILLANCE COULD NOT CONFIRM NOR DENY THE WITNESSES STATEMENT OF FULLY DEPLOYED FLAPS.  UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED THERE WERE TWO PASSENGERS IN THE BACK, ONE IN THE SECOND ROW, DANIEL RODRUGUEZ, AND ANOTHER IN THE THIRD ROW, PAULA RICH-MITCHELL.  TERESA RODRIGUEZ WAS IN THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT NEXT TO JOSEPH ZINGALI.

ON 02/28/2020 THE RIVERSIDE FSDO RECEIVED A TOX REPORT OF MR. RODRIGUEZ. THE REPORT INDICATED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## 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 WPR20FA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20FA072), Jan 22, 2020: Beech B36TC (N36TT), Corona, CA, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilots’ failure to abort the takeoff, which resulted in a collision with a fence at the end of the runway. Contributing to the accident was the airplane being at or over the maximum gross takeoff…

## Other reports on N36TT (1)

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

- [Incident 19851208068119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851208068119I), Dec 8, 1985: Beech B36TC (N36TT), Eugene, OR. Emergency declared due to rough engine. Maintenance unable to duplicate problem after safe vectored landing.

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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