Beechcraft A36TC N3692Q

Summary

On 30 April 2010 at about 23:18 local time, a Beechcraft A36TC registered N3692Q, operated by Sunnybrae 192 LLC Trustee, was involved in an accident near El Paso, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

30 April 2010 at 23:18

Classification

Accident

Location

El Paso, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

El Paso (ELP)

Coordinates

31.8167, -106.3500

Aircraft

Beechcraft A36TC

Registration

N3692Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Sunnybrae 192 LLC Trustee

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Montgomery → El Paso

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN10LA235

2 people had minor injuries.

A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot departed with approximately 5 hours of fuel on board for the planned cross country flight. Approximately 3 hours and 20 minutes into the flight, as the airplane was approaching the destination airport at 5,000 feet mean sea level, the engine suddenly stopped producing power. The pilot was unable to re-start the engine and elected to make a forced landing with the wing flaps and the landing gear fully extended. The airplane touched down about 2.5 miles short of the runway in rugged, desert terrain. During the landing, the gear collapsed and the wings collided with small sand dunes resulting in structural damage to the airplane. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the left wing exhibited impact damage, but the fuel tank was intact. There was no evidence of any fuel in the tank and the green shrubs near the wing were not discolored from contact with fuel. The right wing was more extensively damaged and the fuel tank was ruptured. The smell of fuel was noted around the breached tank and it was empty. All of the fuel lines in the engine compartment were intact, secure, and showed no evidence of leaks. No fuel was found in the fuel line located between the firewall and the engine driven fuel pump; a small amount of fuel was in the fuel line from the fuel servo to the fuel distribution manifold. It could not be definitively determined which fuel tank was selected at the time the engine quit producing power.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.