# Incident 19950220010219I: Beech 95B55, Pine Bluff, AR, February 20, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 1995, 17:54 local time
- Place: Pine Bluff, AR
- Airport: Grider Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2284° N, 92.0032° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pine Bluff, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2284&lon=-92.0032&mi=10
- Aircraft: N303RM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N303RM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (registry code 1152705, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95B55
- Reported engine: CONT IO470L
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950220010219I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: HISTORY OF FLIGHT: ON FEBRUARY 20, 1995, AT 2154 CST, A BEECHCRAFT BARON, BE-55, N303RM, REGISTERED TO EXECUTIVE TRAVEL AIR, LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT PINE BLUFF, AR GRIDER FIELD, WITH THE LEFT ENGINE SHUTDOWN DUE TO EXCESSIVE OIL LEAKAGE AND ENGINE POWER LOSS DURING DESCENT INTO PBF. THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED FAYETTEVILLE, AR (FYV) APPROX. 54 MINS. PRIOR TO THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THIS FLIGHT, HOWEVER, THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND NOT A FACTOR. MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE AIRCRAFT. NEITHER THE PILOT NOR PASSENGERS WERE INJURED. THE PILOT IS A CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT WITH AN ATP RATING. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT: LEFT ENGINE COWL WAS DAMAGED DUE TO ONE ENGINE CYLINDER COMING LOOSE DURING ENGINE FAILURE. TEST AND RESEARCH: AN INSPECTION REVEALED ENGINE CASE STUDS FOR CYLINDER BASES FAILED, CAUSING THE ENGINE FAILURE AND INCIDENT. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N303RM (1)

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

- [Accident 19820311006712A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820311006712A), Mar 11, 1982: Beech 95B55 (N303RM), Nashville, TN, Minor damage. Entering taxiway from parking area flight was hit by a 310, N5253J. Wing light & top rotating beacon inoperative.

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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