# Incident 20220630011509I: Beech A36, New Haven, CT, June 30, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2022, 17:00 local time
- Place: New Haven, CT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3108° N, 72.9250° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Haven, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3108&lon=-72.9250&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3083H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3083H) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 15 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220630011509I

## Narrative

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

ON 6/30/2022  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A BE36, DEPARTED KOBI ENROUTE TO KBED VFR AT 7000 FEET.  AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, THE AIRMAN STATED HE CHANGED FUEL TANKS.  APPROXIMATELY 37 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT NEAR KHVN AIRPORT, THE AIRMAN STATED HE "FELT A JOLT IN THE ENGINE, AND THE POWER WENT TO IDLE".  HE STATED HE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE THROTTLE AND CHECK HIS MIXTURE, HOWEVER THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOSING ALTITUDE RAPIDLY.    THE AIRMAN CALLED ATC AND DECLARED ENGINE TROUBLE AND LOOKED FOR LANDING CLEARANCE TO KHVN. THE AIRMAN STATED HE WAS LOSING ALTITUDE TOO FAST AND HAD TO PREPARE TO LAND IN THE QUINNIPIAC RIVER.

THE AIRMAN KEPT HIS GEAR UP FOR LANDING AND LANDED UPRIGHT IN A SHALLOW WATER BED. ONE PILOT, 1 NON PILOT PAX, 1 DOG ON BOARD SELF EGRESSED, NO INJURIES.

AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE MANUALS, POH AND AIRCRAFT LOGBOOKS WERE RECOVERED, HOWEVER SEVERELY SATURATED FROM BEING SUBMERGED IN THE TAIL SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT.

THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE INCLUDING PROPELLER DAMAGE AND SCRATCHING AND DINGS UNDER BOTH WINGS.  THE FRAME IS ALSO CRUMPLED IN MULTIPLE AREAS POST LANDING.  NO FLIGHT CONTROL STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBMERGED OVERNIGHT, BUT THIS DOES NOT FACTOR INTO CLASSIFYING THIS INTO AN ACCIDENT WITH MAXIMUM DAMANGE.

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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