# Incident 19961019038509I: Beech K35, Oakdale, CA, October 19, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 1996, 08:37 local time
- Place: Oakdale, CA
- Airport: Oakdale Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7563° N, 120.8002° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OAKDALE (O27), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7563&lon=-120.8002&mi=10
- Aircraft: N691Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N691Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech K35 (registry code 1151524, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-k35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH K35
- Reported engine: CONT IO470L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961019038509I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: N691Q, A BEECHCRAFT BE-35 BONANZA, DEPARTED FRESNO AIRPORT (FAT) ABUT 07:40 PDT, OCTOBER 19, 1996 ON AN IFR FLIGHT TO EUGENE, OREGON (EUG). WHILE EN ROUTE AT 6,000 FEET MSL ALONG VICTOR 23 NEAR MODESTO, CA. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN EXTREMELY ROUGH. THE ENGINE QUICKLY SEIZED AND STOPPED. THE PILOT, WORKING WITH STOCKTON APPROACH CONTROL, RECEIVED RADAR VECTORS TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT WHICH WAS OAKDALE AIRPORT (027). THE PILOT SAFELY LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AT OAKDALE. HE AND HIS SINGLE PASSENGER SUSTAINED NO INJURIES AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. FLIGHT CONDITIONS WERE VMC ALTHOUGH THE FLIGHT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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