# Incident 19970312009009I: Beech 58, San Antonio, TX, March 12, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 1997, 15:48 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: San Antonio International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5340° N, 98.4691° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN ANTONIO INTL (SAT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5340&lon=-98.4691&mi=10
- Aircraft: N977GF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N977GF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT IO520C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970312009009I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 12, 1997, AT 1952A A BEECH 58 (N1948Z) FLOWN BY MARK MARSHALL OF PILOTS CHOICE, INC. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY LANDING OPERATING VFR UNDER PART 91. THE AIRCRAFTS #1 ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN IN FLIGHT DUE TO EXCESSIVE VIBRATION AND POWER LOSS. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE CASE THRU BOLTS AND CYLINDER MOUNTING STUDS FAILED WHICH CAUSED THE #2 CYLINDER TO SEPARATE FROM THE CASE. THE AIRCRAFT IS CERTIFIED AND MAINTAINED UNDER FAR PART 135 AND THE MECHANIC WADE A. CASTELLANOS OF PILOTS CHOICE INC. SUBMITTED A M OR D REPORT ON THE FINDINGS. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT DRT ON MARCH 12, 1997, AND THE PILOT MARK MARSHALL IS CERTIFICATED AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT LIC. #574560111. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED AND THE FINDINGS HANDED OVER TO THE PMI OF PILOTS CHOICE INC.

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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