# NTSB FTW84LA222: Beech A36TC, N321TJ, Marble Falls, TX, May 4, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 4, 1984, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Marble Falls, TX
- Coordinates: 30.569534, -98.27005 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5695&lon=-98.2700&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21325
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA222
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21325/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA222

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, maneuvering
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, maneuvering - turn to landing area (emergency)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering - turn to landing area (emergency)

## Analysis

DURING ARRIVAL, THE PLT DESCENDED FROM 10,500 FT TO 2300 FT, THEN CIRCLED A HOUSE 3 TIMES BEFORE TURNING TOWARD THE ARPT. AS HE ROLLED THE WINGS LEVEL & WAS PREPARING TO CALL THE ARPT, THE ENG LOST POWER. HE WAS UNABLE TO START THE ENG, SO HE ELECTED TO MAKE A FORCED LANDING IN A POND. AS THE ACFT WAS APPROACHING THE POND, THE LEFT WING STRUCK A TREE. THE ACFT THEN SPUN OUT OF CONTROL INTO A ROADWAY & WENT INTO THE POND WHERE IT BECAME SUBMERGED. ACCORDING TO THE PLT, THE FUEL GAGES INDICATED THE RIGHT TANK WAS AT LEAST 1/8 FULL AND THE LEFT TANK WAS 3/8 FULL. AFTER BEING RECOVERED FROM THE POND, THE ENG WAS STARTED & OPERATED NORMALLY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N321TJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36TC
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: EA-189
- Airframe hours: 518
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-UB 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: John M. Mallory
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, February 8, 1984, 52 hours before
- Departed: F44, ATHENS, TX
- Airport: 4R2, Horseshoe Bay, runway 17, 6,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,544 total, 628 in this make and model, 1,372 as pilot in command, 93 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840504015849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840504015849A), May 4, 1984: Beech A36TC, Marble Falls, TX, Destroyed. Engine quit on approach to land. Struck trees and crashed in a pond. Engine ran normal. Possible fuel exhaustion.

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.

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