# Incident 20060123001339I: Beech V35, Crestview, FL, January 23, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 2006, 17:00 local time
- Place: Crestview, FL
- Airport: Eglin Af Aux Nr 3 Duke Fd Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.7479° N, 86.5793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crestview, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7479&lon=-86.5793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7987M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7987M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35 (registry code 1151538, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 30,500 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060123001339I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ON INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO DESTIN FLORIDA, ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH. PILOT SWITCHED TANKS, AND ATTEMPTED TO KEEP ENGINE RUNNING. SUFFICIENT POWER FOR CONTINUED FLIGHT COULD NOT BE MAINTAINED, SO EMERGENCY LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED ON AN ABANDONED MILITARY AIRSTRIP @ EGLIN AFB.

## Other reports on N7987M (1)

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

- [Accident 19880205027439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880205027439A), Feb 5, 1988: Beech V35 (N7987M), Fernandina Beac, FL, Substantial damage. Landed gear up. Failed to check gear position. Gear warning horn and auto gear system out of adjustment.

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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