N636M – Beech 36 – 2018-12-19 NTSB Accident Report

On December 19, 2018, a Beech 36 (N636M) was involved in an incident near Sedona, AZ. All 3 people aboard were uninjured. The aircraft sustained substantial damage.

The National Transportation Safety Board determined the probable cause of this incident to be: The pilot's failure to maintain the proper airspeed during landing, which resulted in the airplane landing too fast and too far down the runway to safely stop it.

The pilot reported that he was flying a recently purchased airplane. During initial climb, the front right-side cockpit door opened. He decided that the condition was unsafe and entered a left downwind to land. The approach end of the runway had rising terrain, and the airplane was too high and too fast. About 200ft AGL he decided to abort the landing, but the engine sputtered. Still too fast, the airplane landed about 1,500ft down the 5,132ft runway, and he immediately applied the brakes. However, the airplane overran the runway and collided with a fence.

The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and the elevator.

The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

This incident is documented in NTSB report GAA19CA102. AviatorDB cross-references NTSB investigation data with FAA registry records to provide comprehensive safety information for aircraft N636M.