# Incident 19970603021939I: Beech A36, Heber Springs, AR, June 3, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 1997, 15:30 local time
- Place: Heber Springs, AR
- Airport: Heber Springs Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4996° N, 92.0293° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Heber Springs, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4996&lon=-92.0293&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36AB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36AB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970603021939I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JUNE 03, 1997 AT 1530 CDT, A BEECH A-36, N36AB, REGISTERED TO A-1 EMERGENCY COOLING AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT AND CO-OWNER UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91, EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING DUE TO ENGINE POWER LOSS. THE PILOT LANDED ON HWY 107 AND PERSON ROAD, 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF HEBER SPRINGS AIRPORT. NO PASSENGERS WERE ON BOARD AND THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED NO DAMAGE DURING FORCE LANDING. PILOT DID NOT FILE A FLIGHT PLAN. PROBABLE CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE FUEL CONTAMINATION BY WATER IN FUEL TANKS. THE PROBABLE CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE FUEL CONTAMINATION WHICH RESULTED IN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DURING LANDING. THIS MALFUNCTION COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED DURING INSPECTION OF THE POWERPLANT BY TWO CERTIFIED A&P MECHANICS PRIOR TO FLIGHT.

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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