# NTSB LAX07CA244: Beech 36, N9ET, Jean, NV, August 6, 2007 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: August 5, 2007, 20:40 local (Aug 6, 2007, 03:40 UTC) - Place: Jean, NV - Coordinates: 35.766666, -115.32833 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7667&lon=-115.3283&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 3 uninjured - Status: Completed, report October 31, 2007 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 66403 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX07CA244 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66403/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA244 ## Probable cause A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of engine power, cruise - normal - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause) - Forced landing, descent - emergency - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, emergency descent/landing - terrain condition - rough/uneven ## Analysis The pilot made a gear up forced landing following a loss of engine power during cruise flight. The airplane came to rest in an open dirt field about 0.4 miles north-northeast short of Jean's runway 20R. The airplane was structurally damaged upon sliding to a stop on the uneven terrain. The pilot reported that while flying en route he exhausted the fuel in the right wing's fuel tank. He then repositioned the fuel selector to draw fuel from the left main fuel tank. After about 10 minutes all engine power was lost. The pilot advised an air traffic controller that he would be diverting to the Jean (uncontrolled) airport, and the pilot attempted to restart the engine. The pilot was not successful. ## Factual narrative On August 5, 2007, about 2040 Pacific daylight time, a Beech 36, N9ET, experienced a total loss of engine power during cruise flight. The airline transport certificated pilot diverted from his intended destination of North Las Vegas, Nevada, to Jean, Nevada. The pilot made a forced landing in an open dirt field about 0.4 miles north-northeast of Jean's runway 20R. Neither the pilot, who operated the airplane, nor the two passengers were injured as the airplane slid to a stop on uneven terrain with retracted landing gear. The airplane was substantially damaged. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the personal flight, and no flight plan had been filed. The flight was performed under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91, and it originated from Calexico, California, about 1915. The pilot reported that while flying en route he exhausted the fuel in the right wing's fuel tank. He then repositioned the fuel selector to draw fuel from the left main fuel tank. After about 10 minutes all engine power was lost. The pilot advised an air traffic controller that he was diverting to the Jean (uncontrolled) airport, and the pilot attempted to restart the engine. The pilot was not successful, and the airplane landed short of the runway. An aviation safety inspector from the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Las Vegas Flight Standards District Office responded to the accident site and thereafter examined the airplane. The FAA inspector reported that the amount of skin, fuselage longeron, and buckling present in the center belly section of the airplane rendered it substantially damaged. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N9ET](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9ET-2008-09-18), registration cancelled 2008-09-18, S/N E-85, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Beech 36 - Registry model: [Beech 36](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-36) (registry code 1151602) (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-85 - Engines: Continental IO-520-B reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Drex L. Hansen - Registered owner: Robert B. Garcia - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility - Departed: CXL, Calexico, CA - Destination: VGT, North Las Vegas, NV - Airport: 0L7, Jean, runway 20R, 4,600 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 62; injuries: none; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; flight hours: 24,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days, 6 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night - Wind: 200° at 20 knots, gusting 30 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 100 °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 20070805016829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070805016829A), Aug 5, 2007: Beech 36BEECH, Jean, NV, Substantial damage. (-23) Sequence: the pilot in command (PIC) stated that N9ET departed calexico airport (kcxl) at approximately 1900 PST with the destination of north las vegas,… From the NTSB's public API. 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