# Incident 19980802045149I: Beech H35, West Union, OH, August 2, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1998, 14:01 local time
- Place: West Union, OH
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7917° N, 83.5441° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Union, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7917&lon=-83.5441&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1110C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1110C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech H35 (registry code 1151520, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-h35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH H35
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,362 total, 2,066 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980802045149I

## Narrative

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

(-5) PILOT WAS OBSERVED DEVIATING FROM ASSIGNED ALTITUDE, BY INDIANAPOLIS CENTER. AFTER BEING HANDED OFF TO HUNTINGTON APPROACH, PILOT REQUESTED AN ALTITUDE CHECK AT WHICH TIME IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE AIRCRAFT ALTITUDE WAS REPORTING 300' HIGHER THAN THE AIRCRAFT ALTIMETER WAS SHOWING. AFTER TAKING AIRCRAFT TO AVIONICS SHOP IT WAS FOUND THAT THE STATIC LINE TO THE ALTITUDE ENCODER WAS DISCONNECTED. AFTER CONNECTING, THE CORRECT ALTITUDE WAS TRANSMITTED FROM AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N1110C (1)

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

- [Incident 20191015019679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191015019679I), Oct 15, 2019: Beech H35 (N1110C), Springdale, AR, Minor damage. On Sunday, October 13th, on a flight from alpine TX (E38) to waukesha WI (kues). The aircraft stopped and re-fueled at bowie airport (0F2) and was on the…

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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