NTSB FTW85LA336 — 1985-08-28 · CONROE, Texas, United States

Current FAA registration · N6564D

Make / Model: BEECH A36
Year of manufacture: 1982 · 3 years old at event
Engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines: 6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date: 19820820
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S A8A5EC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6564D Beech A36 None

Factual narrative

ACFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING AN OFF-ARPT EMERGENCY LANDING FOLLOWING AN ENG FAILURE. DURING LANDING ROLL ACFT COLLIDED WITH A FENCE AND THE GEAR COLLAPSED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED ABOUT 13 GALLONS OF FUEL IN RIGHT FUEL TANK AND NONE IN THE LEFT TANK. DURING BASE LEG, WHILE FLYING ON THE RIGHT TANK, THE PLT HAD TO ENTER AN ABRUPT MANEUVER, WHEN HE SPOTTED ANOTHER ACFT ON FINAL. DURING THE MANEUVER THE ENGINE QUIT, AND IT IS SUSPECTED THAT THE RIGHT TANK MAY HAVE UNPORTED DURING THE TURN, INTERRUPTING THE FUEL FLOW TO THE ENG. NO DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED WITH THE FUEL SYSTEM OF THE POWERPLANT DURING SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1985_FTW85LA336.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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