# Incident 20020714015469I: Beech C45H, Sanjuanisland, WA, July 14, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2002, 14:03 local time
- Place: Sanjuanisland, WA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.5409° N, 123.0860° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Juan Island, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5409&lon=-123.0860&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9562Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9562Z-2008-08-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C-45H (registry code 1151018, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c-45h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C45H
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020714015469I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 14, 2002, APPROXIMATELY 1400 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH C45H, N9562Z, BEING FLOWN BY PRIVATE PILOT STEPHEN P. HINDS PERFORMED A LANDING AT ROCHE HARBOR AIRPORT. DEPUTY BRENNAN OF THE SAN JUAN SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT REPORTED HE WAS DISPATCHED TO THE AIRPORT TO INVESTIGATE A PLANE LANDING WITH AN ENGINE FIRE. HE REPORTED AFTER HE ARRIVED HE FOUND THE 1951 BEECH TWIN AIRCRAFT SAFELY OFF THE RUNWAY WITH THE FIRE OUT. SAN JUAN FIRE DEP. WAS ON THE SCENE AND WAS NOT NEEDED SINCE THE FIRE WENT OUT ON ITSELF. THE PILOT AND HIS WIFE WERE ENROUTE TO ALASKA FROM DENVER, COLORADO. THEY HAD JUST REFUELED AT SKAJIT/BAYVIEW AIRPORT AND WERE ON THEIR WAY TO VICTORIA, CANADA. A FEW MINUTES AFTER PASSING OVER ROCHE HARBOR, THE AIRPLANE EXPERIENCED MAJOR VIBRATIONS. MR. HINDS DETERMINED IT WAS THE RIGHT MOTOR AND SHUT IT DOWN. HE TURNED AROUND AND HEADED FOR ROCHE HARBOR AIRPORT PASSING OVER ROCHE HARBOR RESORT. OIL LEAKING ON THE EXHAUST WAS FLAMING AND SMOKING PROMPTING NUMEROUS 911 CALLS. SEE ATTACHED SHEET.

## Other reports on N9562Z (1)

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

- [Accident 20070719020489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070719020489A), Jul 19, 2007: Beech C45H (N9562Z), Longmont, CO, Destroyed. (-23) Flight instructor and student pilot were practicing single engine operations. With right engine at idle the left engine began to vibrate and not produce…

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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