# Accident 20220604009659A: Beech A36, Amarillo, TX, June 4, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2022, 09:00 local time
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Airport: Tradewind
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1699° N, 101.8259° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1699&lon=-101.8259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9087S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9087S-2025-06-07) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 529 total, 20 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22LA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA233) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220604009659A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 4, 2022, AT 0900, LOCAL TIME, BE-F33A AIRCRAFT BEARING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, REGISTERED TO THE PRIVATE OWNER, LOST ENGINE POWER AFTER BREAKING OUT ON THE KTDW RNAV 35 APPROACH AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING 1 MILE SHORT OF RUNWAY 35 AT THE TRADEWIND AIRPORT IN AMARILLO, TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A DITCH AND COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR AND SHEARED THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PRIVATE FLIGHT.  INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT, AND ONE PASSENGER SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM OJC JACKSON COUNTY AIRPORT NEAR OLATHE, KANSAS AT 0600 ON JUNE 4, 2022.

## 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 CEN22LA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA233), Jun 4, 2022: Beech A36 (N9087S), Amarillo, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to a leak in the fuel control assembly. Contributing to the accident was the inadequate maintenance of the fuel control assembly.

## Other reports on N9087S (1)

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

- [Incident 19900524028659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900524028659I), May 24, 1990: Beech A36 (N9087S), Hilton Head Is, SC, Minor damage. Pilot landed with gear retracted. Stated he had three green lights.

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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