# NTSB NYC03LA201: Raytheon B36TC, N3212D, Batavia, OH, September 16, 2003 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: September 16, 2003, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC) - Place: Batavia, OH - Coordinates: 39.078334, -84.210281 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0783&lon=-84.2103&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 30, 2004 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA FSDO-05 - NTSB case key (mKey): 57955 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC03LA201 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/57955/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03LA201 ## Probable cause A loss of engine power during an approach for undetermined reasons. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of engine power, approach - vfr pattern - downwind - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause) - Forced landing, descent - emergency - Overrun, emergency landing - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, emergency landing - terrain condition - grass ## Analysis While on the downwind leg, the engine lost all power. The pilot activated the electric fuel pump and turned base leg for the runway. The engine regained partial power, but would not develop full power. The pilot intentionally flew a high approach as a precaution, and the airplane touched down hard, about half-way down the runway. It bounced several times, skidded, and traveled off the end of the runway. Examination of the airplane revealed approximately 27 gallons of fuel in each wing tank. The engine was subsequently test run with no difficulty or discrepancies noted. ## Factual narrative On September 16, 2003, about 1400 eastern daylight time, a Raytheon B36TC, N3212D, was substantially damaged during a forced landing, following a loss of engine power at Clermont County Airport (I69), Batavia, Ohio. The certificated private pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight that departed Highland County Airport, Hillsboro, Ohio. No flight plan was filed for the personal flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. The pilot stated that while on the downwind leg for runway 22, a 3,568-foot long runway, the engine lost all power. The pilot activated the electric fuel pump and turned base leg for the runway. The engine regained partial power, but would not develop full power. The pilot intentionally flew a high approach as a precaution, and the airplane touched down hard, about half-way down the runway. It bounced several times, skidded, and traveled off the end of the runway. During the overrun, the left main landing gear collapsed, and the right wing sustained substantial damage. The airplane came to rest upright in a grass area beyond the end of the runway. A Federal Aviation Administration inspector examined the airplane after the accident. He noted approximately 27 gallons of fuel in each wing tank. The inspector, and a representative from the engine manufacturer, subsequently test ran the engine with no difficulty or discrepancies noted. The engine ran at idle and full power without interruption, and a successful magneto check at 1,700 rpm was completed. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N3212D](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3212D), registered now, S/N EA-651 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Raytheon Aircraft Company B36TC - Registry model: [Raytheon B36TC](https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-b36tc) (registry code 7150008) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: EA-651 - Airframe hours: 135 - Engines: Continental TSIO-520-UB 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: James L Jaeger - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, March 20, 2003, 10 hours before - Departed: HOC, Hillsboro, OH - Destination: I69 - Airport: I69, Clermont County Airport, runway 22, 3,568 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 42; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; last flight review March 30, 2002; seat: left; flight hours: 398 total, 99 in this make and model, 183 as pilot in command, 19 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: variable at 3 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 55 °F - Altimeter: 30.20 inHg - Observed at: LUK, 10 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 20030916024969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030916024969A), Sep 16, 2003: Beech B36TC, Batavia, OH, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot was landing on runway 22 at Clermont County Airport (I69) and was abeam the numbers on downwind when the engine quit. An attempt was made to… 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.