# Incident 20041030027379I: Beech E18S, Wenatchee, WA, October 30, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 2004, 08:00 local time
- Place: Wenatchee, WA
- Airport: Pangborn Memorial Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GGPA
- Location: 47.3988° N, 120.2068° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PANGBORN MEML (EAT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3988&lon=-120.2068&mi=10
- Aircraft: N251K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N251K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E18S (registry code 1151006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s) (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 E18S
- Reported engine: PWA R985*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 41 in this make and model, 67 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041030027379I

## Narrative

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

(-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 19850225017559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850225017559I), Feb 25, 1985: Beech E18S (N251K), Huntsville, AL. Aborted takeoff when aircraft didnt feel right. Ran off end of runway and stuck in mud. Aircraft found airworthy.
- [Incident 19780227000229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780227000229I), Feb 27, 1978: Beech E18S (N251K), Flint, MI, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to extend gear for landing.
- [Accident 19731101038519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731101038519A), Nov 1, 1973: Beech E18S (N251K), Chicago, IL, Substantial damage. Hit 2 carts being towed across taxiway. Plt said nav,anti-coll,l taxi lt on.OBS saw no lts on acft.

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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