# Incident 20040910021899I: Beech 58, Kahului, HI, September 10, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2004, 11:15 local time
- Place: Kahului, HI
- Airport: Kahului Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MK9A
- Location: 20.8986° N, 156.4305° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KAHULUI (OGG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=20.8986&lon=-156.4305&mi=10
- Aircraft: N300TH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N300TH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,900 total, 18 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040910021899I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRPLANE LEVELING OUT AT 3,000 MSL AND SELECTED CRUISE POWER. PILOT NOTICED THE LEFT ENGINE TACHOMETER SPOOLING DOWN, ZERO OIL PRESSURE, AND INCREASE IN CYLINDER HEAT TEMPERATURE. PILOT FEATHERED THE ENGINE AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY BACK TO KAHULUI AIRPORT. NO OBSERVED OIL LEAKS IN-FLIGHT. LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPAIR: MECHANIC FOUND THE ENGINE OIL PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE STICKING. REMOVED AND REPLACED RELIEF VALVE. OPERATIONAL RUNUP COMPLETED AND NO FURTHER PROBLEMS NOTED.

## Other reports on N300TH (2)

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

- [Incident 20050217002259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050217002259I), Feb 17, 2005: Beech 58 (N300TH), Kahului, HI, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot reported smell of smoke in the cockpit upon landing at Kahului iap, maui, HI. There was not fire or smoke observed. Landing gear component found…
- [Incident 20000801025809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000801025809I), Aug 1, 2000: Beech 58 (N300TH), Honolulu, HI, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot stated that after a normal landing on runway 4R he noticed a vibration and thought the a/c may have a flat tire. He allowed the a/c to roll out…

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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