# Incident 20220615010419I: Beech A36, Camarillo, CA, June 15, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2022, 12:00 local time
- Place: Camarillo, CA
- Airport: Camarillo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2138° N, 119.0944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAMARILLO (CMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2138&lon=-119.0944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N819LA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N819LA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220615010419I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE PERFORMED HIS WALK AROUND/PREFIGHT AT SANTA PAULA (SZP) PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. AND TOOK OFF FOR HIS HOME BASE IN CAMARILLO (CMA). UPON LANDING AT CMA AND RETURNING TO HIS HANGAR^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^HE NOTICED DAMAGE TO THE BACKSIDE OF HIS PROPELLER AND A HOLE IN THE UPPER PILOTS SIDE OF THE FRONT ENGINE COWLING NEAR THE AIR INLET. HE DOES NOT REMEMBER STRIKING ANYTHING OR RECALLING ANY STRANGE SOUND OR AN IMPACT DURING THE DURATION OF THE FLIGHT. THE COWLING HOLE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE LARGE ENOUGH TO ALLOW WHAT EVER HIT TO COMPLETE THE ENTRY INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THERE DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE ENTERED THE ENGINE AREA. WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT ACTUALLY STRUCK THE PROPELLER AND HIT THE ENGINE COWELING.

## Other reports on N819LA (1)

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

- [Incident 20080728842069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080728842069I), Jul 28, 2008: Beech A36 (N819LA), Bakersfield, CA, Minor damage. (-23) At approx 1134 PDT, a student pilot (solo), was taking off in a BE-36, N819LA. Upon the takeoff roll, the aircraft began to wheelborrow and bounce. The…

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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