# Accident 20211107018999A: Raytheon Aircraft Company G36, Frankenmuth, MI, November 7, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 2021, 13:45 local time
- Place: Frankenmuth, MI
- Airport: Wm 'Tiny' Zehnder Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.3140° N, 83.7082° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3140&lon=-83.7082&mi=10
- Aircraft: N754HC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N754HC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon G36 (registry code 7150061, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-g36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-B (registry code 17208, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY G36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 313 total, 55 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211107018999A

## Narrative

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

ON 11/07/2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 1345 LOCAL TIME, N754HC A BEECHCRAFT G-36 AIRCRAFT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT LANDED AT WM ?TINY? ZEHNDER FIELD  (K66G), ON RUNWAY 27.  THE PILOT LANDED IN VMC. WINDS WERE 220 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS AT 1335 LOCAL TIME, REPORTED FROM SAGINAW COUNTY H. W. BROWNE AIRPORT (KHYX), 11 MILES NORTH WEST OF K66G. THIS FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM KHYX AND WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. THE PILOT AND HIS 3 PASSENGERS SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  K66G IS A SINGLE RUNWAY 9/27 2500 FOOT GRASS STRIP. EVIDENCE BY SKID MARKS IN THE GRASS, IT APPEARED THE AIRCRAFT INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AT APPROXIMATELY 360-FOOT FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY. FOLLOWED BY THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TOUCHING DOWN 60 FEET FURTHER DOWN THE RUNWAY. INITIAL LANDING DIRECTION APPEARED TO BE HEADING TOWARDS THE RIGHT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. AT THE 500-FOOT MARK THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF SKIDDING OR HARD BRAKING WITH THE AIRCRAFT CHANGING DIRECTION TOWARDS THE LEFT. THE SKID MARKS REFLECT SKIDDING CONTINUED SIDEWAYS TO THE 800-FOOT MARK.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST 900 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END AND 24 FEET LEFT OF THE RUNWAY INTO AN ADJACENT CORNFIELD.  THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, FORCING THE LEFT WING ONTO THE GROUND. THIS IMPACT CAUSED SUBSTANCIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING, THE LEFT FLAP, PITOT TUBE, AND DAMAGE TO LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS.

THE STATEMENT OF EVENTS ACCORDING TO THE PILOT IS AS FOLLOWS: IT WAS NOVEMBER 7, I FILED FOR AN IFR FROM SIDNEY (KSCA) TO SAGINAW COUNTY (KHYX). REQUESTED A RNAV APPROACH FOR RUNWAY 28. LANDED TO A FULL STOP.  THIS AIRPORT IS ABOUT 5 MINS AWAY FROM THE GRASS STRIP 66G TINY ZENDERFIELD AIRPORT AT FRANKENMUTH.  AFTER PLANNING THE FLIGHT AT SAGINAW AIRPORT, TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 28.  CLIMBED TO 2500 WENT DIRECTLY OVER THE TINY ZENDERFIELD AIRPORT. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY WITH UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AND NO CLOUDS.  MADE A PASS OVER THE GRASS STRIP TWICE AND MADE A PLAN TO LAND ON RUNWAY 27.  HENCE DESCENDED TO 1800 AND MADE ANNOUNCEMENT WHILE BEING IN THE PATTERN; DOWNWIND BASE AND FINAL AND WITH MORE THAN 100% FOCUS AND LANDED WITH ALL THREE WHEELS ON THE GROUND FOR 10-20 SECONDS WHEN IT STARTED SLIDING OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT AND FOR NO FAULT OF MINE.  THE LANDING SPEED WAS 70-75 KNOTS, IDEAL FOR THE BONANZA.  WHILE IT WAS SLIDING TO THE LEFT, USED THE RIGHT RUDDER TO STRAIGHTEN THE PLANE BUT IT STILL KEPT SLIDING SIDEWAYS, WITH THE TAIL TO THE LEFT AND NOSE TO THE RIGHT.

## 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 CEN22LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA030), Nov 7, 2021: Raytheon G36 (N754HC), Frankenmuth, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while landing on a wet grass strip.

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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