# Incident 19960603018329I: Beech 58P, Salinas, CA, June 3, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 1996, 21:47 local time
- Place: Salinas, CA
- Airport: Salinas Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6624° N, 121.6072° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALINAS MUNI (SNS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6624&lon=-121.6072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N580TC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N580TC-2012-09-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58P (registry code 1152744, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58P
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 950 total, 30 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960603018329I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JUNE 3, 1996, A BEECH 58P, N580TC, ENROUTE FROM SAN LUIS OBISPO (SBP) TO SAN JOSE (SJC) LOST ENGINE POWER TO THE RIGHT ENGINE. THE PILOT, MR. JOSE PEREZ, REPORTED TO MONTEREY (MRY) APPROACH AT APPROXIMATELY 2110 THAT HE WAS HAVING ENGINE PROBLEMS AND WAS INTENDING TO LAND AT SALINAS (SNS), CA. WHILE IN APPROACH TO LAND AT SNS THE RIGHT ENGINE SEIZED TO OPERATE. AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. MR. PEREZ STATED THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 2100 THE RIGHT ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH. HE APPLIED BOOST PUMP PRESSURE AND THE AIRCRAFT CLEARED UP FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES. WHEN THE ENGINE DEVELOPED THE PROBLEM AGAIN HE CHECKED HIS INSTRUMENTS AND NOTICED OIL PRESSURE DROPPING AND OIL TEMPERATURE RISING. HE DECIDED TO DIVERT TO SNS. A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE, A TELEDYNE-CONTINENTAL TSIO-520L, WAS ACCOMPLISHED ON JUNE 6, 1996. THE ENGINE HAD ALREADY BEEN REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. PRIOR TO REMOVAL, THE MECHANIC AT GOLD COAST AVIATION STATED THAT THE PROPELLER COULD NOT BE TURNED AND THE ENGINE HAD SUFFICIENT OIL. EXTERNAL INSPECTION DID NOT REVEAL ANY VISUAL EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE, OIL LEAKS, ETC. INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT ENGINE RECORDS REVEALED THAT THIS ENGINE WAS OVERHAULED 71.4 HOURS PRIOR. ENGINE TAGGED FOR DISASSEMBLY INSPECTION BY FAA AND SUBMISSION OF FOLLOW UP-REPORT. NO FAA 8020-11 GENERATED.

## Other reports on N580TC (2)

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

- [Accident 20120107000669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120107000669A), Jan 7, 2012: Beech 58P (N580TC), Santa Ana, CA, Substantial damage. At 1628 PST on January 7, 2012 Beech baron 58P, N580TC, had a gear up landing on rny 19L at Orange county (Santa Ana) airport (sna).the pilot reported that the…
- [Accident 20100321031089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100321031089A), Mar 21, 2010: Beech 58P (N580TC), Santa Barbara, CA, Substantial damage. The [privacy data omitted] stated he had three green landing gear lights at touchdown at about 100 KTS. Almost immediately after touchdown he believes the nose…

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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