# Accident 20240317014269A: Beech A36, Blackshear, GA, March 17, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 2024, 08:20 local time
- Place: Blackshear, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.3061° N, 82.2421° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3061&lon=-82.2421&mi=10
- Aircraft: N729CW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N729CW) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA143) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240317014269A

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING STATEMTENT:

IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM KJAX TO 1G0. DEPARTED AT 7:53 AM EST. CLIMBING THROUGH 11,000 FEET TO 13,000 I NOTICED A POWER REDUCTION AND LACK OF CLIMB. I CALLED JACKSONVILLE CENTER AND REQUESTED A CHANGE IN ALTITUDE TO 11,000 FEET AND WAS GRANTED THAT. MOMENTS LATER THE OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND WHEN I LOOKED AT IT THE PRESSURE WAS DOWN SUBSTANTIALLY. AT THAT POINT I KNEW I HAD A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND ASKED CENTER FOR VECTORS TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT. I ACTIVATED AUTO GLIDE AND IT INDICATED THAT NO AIRPORTS WERE WITHIN GLIDING DISTANCE. STEERED TO KAYS AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING VERY ROUGH, MAKING LOUD BANGING NOISES. WE CHOSE A FIELD AND HEADED FOR IT AND I BELIEVE I TOLD CENTER WE WERE PUTTING IT DOWN IN THE FIELD WE EVENTUALLY LANDED IN. THE ENGINE SEIZED A MINUTE OR TWO BEFORE WE LANDED. RAN OUT OF ROOM IN THE FIELD AND WE STRUCK A TREE BEFORE STOPPING COMPLETELY.

AT THIS TIME THE NTSB HAS SENT THE ENGINE TO THE LAB FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS. AWAITING THOSE RESULTS.

## 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 ERA24LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA143), Mar 17, 2024: Beech A36 (N729CW), Blackshear, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A catastrophic engine failure due to oil starvation, which resulted in a total loss of engine power.

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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