# Incident 19951025041339I: Beech S35, Deming, NM, October 25, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1995, 08:00 local time
- Place: Deming, NM
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2631° N, 107.7525° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Deming, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2631&lon=-107.7525&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8908U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8908U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech S35 (registry code 1151532, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-s35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH S35
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,320 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951025041339I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON OCTOBER 25,1995 AT 10:05 CST, A BEECH 35, N8908U WAS IN LEVEL FLIGHT WHEN THE ENGINE BACKFIRED AND THE PILOT EXPERIENCED EXTREME VIBRATION. THE PILOT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SHUTTING THE ENGINE OFF WHEN TWO MORE SUCCESSIVE BACKFIRES WERE HEARD BY THE PILOT. THE PILOT TRANSMITTED A DISTRESS CALL WHICH WAS RECEIVED BY A NEARBY LEARJET WHO CONFIRMED HIS POSITION AND NOTIFIED AIR TRAFFIC. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PILOT EXECUTED A SUCCESSFUL OFF-AIRPORT LANDING ON A SMOOTH, LEVEL, DRY LAKE BED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. ON-SCENE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE #3 CYLINDER WAS SEVERELY CRACKED.

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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