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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech E18S · Wenatchee, WA · October 30, 2004

Date: October 30, 2004 · 08:00 local
Place: Wenatchee, WA
Airport: Pangborn Memorial Airport
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: GGPA
Aircraft: N251K
Reported as: Beech E18S
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney R985*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,800 total41 in this make and model67 in the last 90 days

N251KRegistered now · Beech E18SS/N BA-170 · Built 1956 Airframe modelBeech E18S Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) At cruise from spokane, WA to Boeing field in seattle, WA, over Wenatchee, WA the pilot noticed a slight drop in oil pressure and a small increase in RPM accompanied by an increase in vibration. Pilot feathered the propeller then diverted to the Wenatchee airport and landed without incident. Subsequent investigation revealed the number 9 cylinder had separated. The engine is 232 hours from tbo.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AT CRUISE FROM SPOKANE, WA TO BOEING FIELD IN SEATTLE, WA, OVER WENATCHEE, WA THE PILOT NOTICED A SLIGHT DROP IN OIL PRESSURE AND A SMALL INCREASE IN RPM ACCOMPANIED BY AN INCREASE IN VIBRATION. PILOT FEATHERED THE PROPELLER THEN DIVERTED TO THE WENATCHEE AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE NUMBER 9 CYLINDER HAD SEPARATED. THE ENGINE IS 232 HOURS FROM TBO.

Other reports on N251K · 3

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

Incident 19850225017559ITo Aborted (Fixed Wing) · Huntsville, ALAborted takeoff when aircraft didnt feel right. Ran off end of runway and stuck in mud. Aircraft found airworthy.Feb 25, 1985 Incident 19780227000229ILevel Off Touchdown · Flint, MIPilot forgot to extend gear for landing.Feb 27, 1978 · Minor damage Accident 19731101038519AGround Taxi, Other Airplane · Chicago, ILHit 2 carts being towed across taxiway. Plt said nav,anti-coll,l taxi lt on.OBS saw no lts on acft.Nov 1, 1973 · Substantial damage