# Incident 19870120024939I: Beech 58, Albany, NY, January 20, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1987, 18:10 local time
- Place: Albany, NY
- Airport: Albany County
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BQBA
- Location: 42.7491° N, 73.8020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBANY INTL (ALB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7491&lon=-73.8020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4VG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4VG-1994-05-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT IO520C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 10 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870120024939I

## Narrative

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

LEFT ENGINE LOST OIL PRESSURE AFTER TAKEOFF.  DIVERTED SAFELY.  OIL DRAIN PLUG MISSING FROM NEWLY INSTALLED ENGINE.

## Other reports on N4VG (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19931126044629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931126044629A), Nov 26, 1993: Beech 58 (N4VG), Morrisville, VT, Destroyed. Idle engines on approach. High sink power added. Right engine failed respond. Below VMC. Rolled inverted. Crashed.
- [Incident 19900417026579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900417026579I), Apr 17, 1990: Beech 58 (N4VG), Barre Montpelie, VT, Minor damage. Gear started to retract approximately 750 feet from touchdown. Slid to a halt on its belly.

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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