# Incident 19960807031799I: Beech 58, Norman, OK, August 7, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1996, 16:20 local time
- Place: Norman, OK
- Airport: University Of Oklahoma
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VR1A
- Location: 35.2226° N, 97.4395° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Norman, OK, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2226&lon=-97.4395&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1629W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1629W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 400 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960807031799I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING CRUISING FLIGHT, PILOT NOTED OIL LEAKING FROM RIGHT ENGINE COWLING. SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THE RIGHT ALTERNATOR WENT OFF LINE. THE PILOT PERFORMED PRECAUTIONARY SHUT-DOWN OF RIGHT ENGINE AND LANDED. MECHANIC FOUND FOUR LUGS AT CASTING WHERE ALTERNATOR CONNECTS TO ENGINE CRANKCASE BROKEN. ALTERNATOR HAD BACKED AWAY FROM CRANKCASE. MECHANIC WILL FILE M OR D REPORT.

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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