# Incident 20040125008679I: Beech A36TC, Santa Maria, CA, January 25, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 2004, 17:00 local time
- Place: Santa Maria, CA
- Airport: Santa Maria Public
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9331° N, 120.4436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Maria, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9331&lon=-120.4436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3869S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3869S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36TC (registry code 1151603, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36TC
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520UB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 717 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/20040125008679I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 23 I WENT TO SMX, CA, AND MET PILOT MICHAEL EUGENE SILVA. HE STATED THAT HE WAS FLYING N3869S, BEECHCRAFT, MODEL BE-36-A36TC, S/N EA-223, DOM 4-1981, ON 1-25-04 FROM FRESNO AT ABOUT 1500 HOURS IFR DIRECT TO SBA. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE FELT VIBRATION ABOUT 75 MILKES NORTH OF SBA. THE VIBRATION INCREASED. HE SWITCHED FUEL TANKS, CHECKED THE MAGNETOS WHICH WERE OK. THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN VIBRATION. HE HEARD A BIG NOISE IN THE ENGINE. ENGINE OIL WAS ALL OVER THE WINDSHIELD. THERE WAS A LOT OF SMOKE. THE PILOT SHUT DOWN FUEL TO THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE STOPPED. HE INFORMED THE CONTROL TOWER AND LANDED AT SMX. THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES WERE PRESENT. THE FIRE TRUCK PERSONNEL OPENED THE TOP COWLING AND THERE WAS NO FIRE IN THE ENGINE AREA. THE SOLE OCCUPANT WAS THE PILOT. HE DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES. NO ONE WAS INJURED. THERE WAS NO FATALITY. NO OTHER AIRCRAFT OR PROPERTY WAS DAMAGED. I LOOKED AT THE AIRCRAFT ON FEBRUARY 2004, ONLY THE ENGINE HAD INTERNAL FAILURE. IN INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT EXTERNALLY VISUALLY AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO IT EXCEPT THE ENGINE. I TOOK PHOTOS. THE OWNER STATED THAT HE WILL SEND ENGINE FOR OVERHAUL AND THEY WILL KNOW THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE.

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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