# NTSB LAX06LA210: Beech A36, N100VH, Schellville, CA, June 21, 2006 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: June 20, 2006, 17:40 local (Jun 21, 2006, 00:40 UTC) - Place: Schellville, CA - Coordinates: 38.223331, -122.449447 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2233&lon=-122.4494&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report July 25, 2007 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 63967 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX06LA210 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63967/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06LA210 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing rollout. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll - terrain condition - ditch ## Analysis During the landing rollout the airplane veered off the runway and collided with two ditches. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions or anomalies with the airplane's braking or steering system. An FAA airworthiness inspector examined the accident area and noted two skid marks on the runway that were about 100 yards in length. The skid marks then departed the runway surface and onto a grassy area where he noted three skid marks similar in dimension to the airplane's landing gear. ## Factual narrative On June 20, 2006, about 1740 Pacific daylight time, a Beech A36, N100VH, veered off the runway and collided with ditches during the landing rollout from runway 26 at Sonoma Valley Airport (0Q3), Schellville/Sonoma, California. The owner/pilot operated the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The pilot, a passenger, and a dog were not injured. Day visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal cross-country flight that departed Long Beach Airport/Daugherty Field (LGB), Long Beach, California, about 1415. The Civil Air Patrol (CAP) reported the accident to the National Transportation Safety Board at 2315, after responding to a report of an Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) activation at 0Q3. They traced the ELT signal to N100VH, which had been placed underneath a tarp, and noted that a bucket had been placed underneath the front of the airplane to hold the nose up, and the propeller had been bent aft. The Safety Board investigator interviewed the pilot. The pilot reported that during the landing rollout, the airplane skidded down the runway until it departed the runway surface and went into the grass. The airplane collided with an irrigation ditch, and came to stop after impacting a second ditch. During the accident sequence the nose landing gear collapsed and a propeller strike occurred. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures noted with the airplane's braking system. The accident area was inspected by a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) airworthiness inspector who stated that there were two skid marks on the runway from the main landing gear that traveled about 100 yards before the airplane departed the runway surface onto the grass. He noted at that point there was three tire skid marks on the ground, which he followed to the first ditch. The FAA inspector reported that the nose landing gear collapsed after impacting the first ditch. The airplane continued past the ditch and came to rest upright after impacting a second ditch. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N100VH](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N100VH-2016-08-08), registration cancelled 2016-08-08, S/N E-663, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Beech A36 - Registry model: [Beech A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (registry code 1151604) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: E-663 - Airframe hours: 2960 - Engines: Continental IO-550-B 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: John F. Strehl - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Special flight (Special); Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility - Last inspection: Annual, May 1, 2005 - Departed: LGB, Long Beach, CA - Destination: 0Q3, Schellville, CA - Airport: 0Q3, Sonoma Valley, runway 27, 2,700 × 45 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 66; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review February 1, 2005; seat: left; flight hours: 2,545 total ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 190° at 9 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 55 °F - Altimeter: 29.87 inHg - Observed at: APC, 8 nm away ## 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 20060620013279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060620013279A), Jun 20, 2006: Beech A36, Sonoma, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft was found by the civil air patrol parked on the side of the airport at Sonoma skypark Sonoma, CA propped up on a bucket and covered with a tarp.… ## Other investigations on N100VH (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 WPR09CA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA180), Apr 5, 2009: Beech A36 (N100VH), Sonoma, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.