# Accident 20241118020619A: Beech A36, Doylestown, PA, November 18, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 2024, 12:21 local time
- Place: Doylestown, PA
- Airport: Doylestown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3331° N, 75.1223° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3331&lon=-75.1223&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8152R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8152R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-550 series (registry code 17043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 3
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,505 total, 700 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241118020619A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT APPROACHED RUNWAY 23 AT DOYLESTOWN AIRPORT, ENTERING THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT 1,400’ MSL. ON DOWNWIND, HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR, CONFIRMED THREE GREEN LIGHTS, AND SELECTED THE FIRST NOTCH OF FLAPS. HE TURNED BASE, THEN FINAL, RECHECKED THE LANDING GEAR LIGHTS, ADJUSTED FUEL AND PROPELLER TO FULL FORWARD, AND SLOWED TO 85 KNOTS. DURING LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT UNEXPECTEDLY BALLOONED, PROMPTING A GO-AROUND. THE PILOT RETRACTED THE GEAR AND BEGAN REDUCING FLAPS BUT NOTICED AN ABNORMALITY. THE PLANE LOST ALTITUDE, VEERED LEFT, STRUCK THE GROUND, AND SKIDDED INTO A PARKED CESSNA 310, DAMAGING BOTH AIRCRAFT. THE A36 BONANZA SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO ITS PROPELLER, ENGINE COMPARTMENT, AND UNDERSIDE, WHILE THE CESSNA’S LANDING GEAR AND RIGHT SIDE WERE IMPACTED. POST-INCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED THE BONANZA’S PROP LEVER WAS PULLED BACK; THE PILOT SPECULATED HE MAY HAVE DONE SO WHEN EXITING.

## 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 ERA25LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA053), Nov 18, 2024: Beech A36 (N8152R), Doylestown, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during an attempted go-around, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and impact with terrain and a parked airplane.

## Other reports on N8152R (1)

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

- [Incident 20020911037059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020911037059I), Sep 11, 2002: Beech A36 (N8152R), Willow Grove, PA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot attempted to land at doylestown airport (dyl), PA, and was caught by gust of wind and executed a go-around. Pilot brought landing gear up too soon.…

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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