# Incident 19790507026169I: Beech P35BEECH, Hancock, NY, May 7, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1979, 15:00 local time
- Place: Hancock, NY
- Airport: White Birch
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0514° N, 75.3166° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WHITE BIRCH (NK68), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0514&lon=-75.3166&mi=10
- Aircraft: N888NY (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH P35BEECH
- Reported engine: CONT IO470N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790507026169I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENGINE BECAME NOISY AND OIL PRESSURE DROPPED. CRACKED CRANKSHAFT PN630932.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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