# Incident 20050729020769I: Beech A36, Newton, NJ, July 29, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2005, 09:30 local time
- Place: Newton, NJ
- Airport: Newton Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0273° N, 74.7585° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Newton Airport (3N5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0273&lon=-74.7585&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4534S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4534S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,001 total, 590 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/20050729020769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BAR HARBOR AIRPORT (BHB) WITH A FINAL DESTINATION OF NORTH PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT (PNE). DURING CRUISE THE ENGINE MADE A LOUD NOISE. THE PILOT REDUCED POWER AND INITIATED A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT NEWTON AIRPORT, NJ (3N5). ON FINAL APPROACH THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT HAD OIL COMING FROM THE COWLING AND THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN. AIRCRAFT LANDED AT 3N5 UNEVENTFULLY. EXAMINATION BY THE PILOT REVEALED ONE OF THE CYLINDER HEADS HAD SEPARATED FROM THE CYLINDER. NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR ENGINE AND NO ENGINE CONTAMINATION WERE EVIDENT.

## Other reports on N4534S (1)

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

- [Accident 19890824031799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890824031799A), Aug 24, 1989: Beech A36 (N4534S), Charleston, SC, Substantial damage. Collided with a parked aircraft while taxiing to park. Parked aircraft was closer than normal to taxiway.

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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