# Accident 20050419010129A: Beech 35C33A, Paso Robles, CA, April 19, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2005, 18:23 local time
- Place: Paso Robles, CA
- Airport: Paso Robles Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6553° N, 120.6206° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6553&lon=-120.6206&mi=10
- Aircraft: N299X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N299X-2008-09-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-C33A (registry code 1151410, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-c33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35C33A
- Reported engine: CONT IO550C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 5 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05LA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA140) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050419010129A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 19, 2005, THE PILOT OF A BEECHCRAFT, N299X, WAS ENROUTE ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM VAN NUYS (VNY) AIRPORT TO REID HILLVIEW (RHV) AIRPORT. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND A FEW MINUTES LATER THE CABIN STARTED TO FILL WITH WHITE SMOKE. THE PILOT CONTACTED OAKLAND CENTER AND REQUESTED VECTORS TO PASO ROBLES (PRB) AIRPORT. ON THE DESCENT AND APPROXIMATELY 6 TO 8 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE COWLING POPPED OPEN. AS THE PILOT WAS APPROACHING THE AIRPORT, HE DECIDED THAT HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE THE RUNWAY AND STARTED A LEFT HAND TURN TO LOOK FOR AN OPEN FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A VINEYARD APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE FROM PASO ROBLES AIRPORT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX05LA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA140), Apr 20, 2005: Beech 35-C33A (N299X), Paso Robles, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the separation of the number 4 engine cylinder due to improperly torqued cylinder hold down nuts. A finding in this accident was the lack of a shoulder restraint system in the airplane, which…

## Other reports on N299X (2)

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

- [Incident 20030305002159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030305002159I), Mar 5, 2003: Beech 35C33A (N299X), San Jose, CA. (-23) At approximately 12:30 p.m. on March 05, 2003, Mr. Carl lee dimmitt while piloting N299X, a Beech debonair bonanza, attempted making a landing on runway…
- [Incident 19970228006909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970228006909I), Feb 28, 1997: Beech 35C33A (N299X), Watsonville, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: on February 28, 1997, approximately 13:30 PST, Beechcraft debonair, N299X, owned by daniel weaver of san jose, CA and operated by russell e. todd of…

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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