# Incident 19971212043069I: Beech A36, Roswell, NM, December 12, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 1997, 22:30 local time
- Place: Roswell, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3734° N, 104.5294° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roswell, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3734&lon=-104.5294&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7794R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7794R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 36 (registry code 1151602, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-36) (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 IO520BA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 988 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971212043069I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON THE EVENING OF DECEMBER 12, 1997, AIRMAN THOMAS J. HORAN DEPARTED THE ROSWELL, NM AIRPORT UNDER VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, ENROUTE TO ALBUQUERQUE, NM. THE AIRCRAFT, N7794R, A BEECHCRAFT BONANZA, MODEL BE-36, IS OWNED BY LEGAL EAGLE II LTD OF ALBUQUERQUE, OF WHICH MR. HORAN IS A PARTNER. HE WAS LEVEL AT 10,500, HEARD A THUMPING AND THE PROP OVERSPED. HE RETARDED THE PROP, REDUCED THROTTLE, NOTICED ZERO OIL PRESSURE, AND NOTICED A MESSAGE FOR THE ENGINE LIGHT. THERE WAS OIL ON THE WINDSHIELD AND SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. HE CALLED ROSWELL, SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND LANDED GEAR UP IN A FIELD, WITHOUT INJURY TO HIM OR HIS PASSENGER. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N7794R (3)

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

- [Incident 19961119043249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961119043249I), Nov 19, 1996: Beech 36BEECH (N7794R), Las Vegas, NM, Minor damage. Narrative: the flight was bumpy so the pilot slowed the aircraft and put the gear down for stability. He then put the gear up. In the traffic pattern he…
- [Incident 19930917040019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930917040019I), Sep 17, 1993: Beech 36BEECH (N7794R), Belen, NM, Minor damage. While making touch and go landing, pilot forgot to lower landing gear. Landed gear up.
- [Accident 19760206001489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760206001489A), Feb 6, 1976: Beech 36BEECH (N7794R), Stowe, VT, Substantial damage. Braking nil on icy runway.

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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