# Incident 19970714026659I: Beech S35, Phoenix, AZ, July 14, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 1997, 20:30 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix-Deer Valley Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6883° N, 112.0826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX DEER VALLEY (DVT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-112.0826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5827K (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH S35
- Reported engine: CONT IO520B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 796 total, 146 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970714026659I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: NORMAL DEPARTURE FROM DVT ENROUTE TO PRC. LEVELED OFF AT 3000' (AGL) TO COOL ENGINE. PROP/ENG RPM BEGAN TO INCREASE ABOVE REALINE-NO RESPONSE TO PROP PITCH CONTROL. CONTACTED DVT TOWER TO ANNOUNCE RETURN TO DVT. BEGAN SMELLING HOT OIL AND REDUCED MP TO 17". LOWERED FLAPS TO 10 DEGREES TO INCREASE LIFT TO "NURSE" A/C BACK TO DVT. ENGINE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. AT 500' (AGL) NOTIFIED DVT TOWER OF INTENT TO MAKE EMERGENCY LANDING ON I-17 FREEWAY. LEFT LG "UP"-MASTER-SW.-"OFF" PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. SLID TO A STOP OF L/H SIDE OF SOUTH BOUND LANE ON I-17. TWO(2) PASSENGERS AND PILOT EXITED A/C. NO FIRE, NO INJURIES. DPS ARRIVED 10 MIN LATER SCENE SECURED. AC TOWED BACK TO WEST WIND AVIATION RAMP @ DVT. NOTICED OIL FILT. ASSY. HAD CRACKED CAUSING LOSS OF OIL FOR PROP AND ENGINE. INCIDENT 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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