Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Visalia Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Visalia, California 93277
Sunday, November 16, 2003 20:15 PST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
The airplane landed hard and collided with airport lighting after the engine lost power during a go-around procedure. Earlier that day, the pilot's flight instructor filled the airplane's fuel tanks and flew for 2.2 hours. The pilot then flew the airplane for approximately 2 hours without adding additional fuel. The power loss occurred during the sixth takeoff that day. Post accident examination did not reveal any anomalies with the airframe or engine. According to the manufacturer, the airplane holds 80 gallons of fuel, with 74 gallons that are usable. The two tip tanks on the airplane hold 20 gallons each, for a total system capacity of 120 gallons. The left tank was 1/4 full at the accident scene; the fuel selector was positioned to the left tank. A post accident examination of the engine and the fuel system components did not reveal any pre-impact anomalies.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
a loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 11/16/2003 |
| Event Day of the Week | Sunday |
| Time of Event | 2015 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Standard Time |
| Event City | Visalia |
| Event State | CALIFORNIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 93277 |
| Event Date Year | 2003 |
| Event Date Month | 11 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 361907N |
| Event Location Longitude | 1192334W |
| Event Location Airport | Visalia |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | VIS |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 295 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Not pertinent |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 2015 Pacific Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | -- |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | KVIS |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 295 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | PST |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 9 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 7 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 6 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | -- |
| Variable Wind Indicator | -- |
| Wind Speed (knots) | -- |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Calm |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30.15 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Minor |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | 1 |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 16991 |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA |
| NTSB Notification Date | Nov 16 2003 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 2040 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | DMS |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 28 2004 12:45PM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\JOHB |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | WP-FAT-FSDO |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N52AM |
| NTSB Number | LAX04LA047 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Beech |
| Aircraft Model | A36TC |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | EA-71 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2900 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Sep 17 2003 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 36 |
| Airframe Hours | 4363 |
| ELT Installed | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | VISALIA STOCKMANS MARKET |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | PO BOX 948 |
| Aircraft Owner City | Visalia |
| Aircraft Owner State | CA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 93279 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | John Rodgers |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | Tulare |
| Operator State | CA |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 93274 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | SMX |
| Departure City | Santa Maria |
| Departure State | CA |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1930 |
| Departure Time Zone | PST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | VIS |
| Destination City | Visalia |
| Destination State | CA |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Emergency landing after takeoff |
| Report sent to ICAO? | No |
| Evacuation occurred | No |
| Date of most recent change to record | Nov 3 2004 7:27PM |
| User who most recently changed record | RICJ |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 12 |
| Runway Length | 6559 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |