# Incident 19971212042549I: Beech E55, Cleveland, TN, December 12, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 1997, 11:00 local time
- Place: Cleveland, TN
- Airport: Hardwick Field Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2201° N, 84.8324° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Hardwick Field, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2201&lon=-84.8324&mi=10
- Aircraft: N767PC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N767PC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E-55 (registry code 1152732, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E55
- Reported engine: CONT IO470L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971212042549I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM 1C2 (LENNOX HOWELL, IL) TO 1A5 (MACON COUNTY, NC) IN CRUISE AT 9000' WHEN THE RIGHT ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. PILOT NOTICED MIXTURE READING DROP AND ADVANCED THE MIXTURE SETTING, BUT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. PILOT RADIOED CHA APPROACH HE DESIRED TO LAND AT CHA. AS AIRCRAFT DESCENDED THE LEFT ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. PILOT TOLD CHA APPROACH OF SITUATION AND REQUESTED THE NEAREST AIRPORT. CHA APPROACH VECTORED PILOT TO HDI (HARDWICK FIELD, CLEVELAND, TN) AIRCRAFT REGAINED POWER TO BOTH ENGINES PRIOR TO LANDING. PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT TAKEN TO FBO FOR MAINTENANCE. LEFT ENGINE AIR SCOOP DUCT (P/N96-919111) DETERIORATED. RIGHT ENGINE CAUSE UNKNOWN.

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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