# Incident 19970808027249I: Beech K35, Hazleton, PA, August 8, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1997, 12:30 local time
- Place: Hazleton, PA
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9505° N, 75.9725° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hazleton, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9505&lon=-75.9725&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3077C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3077C-2012-09-25) (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 IO470C
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 400 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970808027249I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WHILE ENROUTE FROM POTOMAC AIR PARK, MD (VKX) TO WATERTOWN, NY (ART) THE PILOT REPORTED THE ENGINE TO HAVE A RATTLING NOISE. THE PROPELLER STARTED HUNTING AND BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE - SHORTLY AFTER THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING. THE PILOT LANDED ON A SECTION OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 81 IN HAZLETON, PA. THE LANDING WAS WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD AND THE WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER 14CFR PART 91. A MALFUNCTION AND DEFECT REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED INDICATING THE NATURE OF THE ENGINE FAILURE. WE CONSIDER THIS MATTER CLOSED.

## Other reports on N3077C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19791206046169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791206046169I), Dec 6, 1979: Beech K35 (N3077C), Washington, DC, Minor damage. While taxiing behind jet, aircraft lifted by jet blast, hit wing tip. Ground control failed to clarify situation.

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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