# Incident 20060210001179I: Beech B300, Wichita, KS, February 10, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 2006, 13:51 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Beech Factory Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6939° N, 97.2149° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BEECH FACTORY (BEC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6939&lon=-97.2149&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3070R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B300
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A60A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,097 total, 941 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060210001179I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED BEC FOR OMAHA. ENROUTE, AT APPROXIMATELY MIDPOINT OF THE FLIGHT, THE PILOT NOTICED AN OIL PRESSURE NEEDLE FLUCTUATION OF GREATER THAN 10 PSI ON THE RH ENGINE. HE REDUCED THE POWER SETTING TO IDLE, THE FLUCTUATION CONTINUED TO EXIST. SINCE THE FLUCTUATION WAS DROPPING BELOW 60 PSI, PER PROCEDURES, THE PILOT ELECTED TO SECURE THE ENGINE. ADDITIONALLY, SINCE IT WAS SNOWING IN OMAHA HE DECIDED TO RETURN TO BEC. DURING HIS RETURN TO BEC THE RADIOS AND TRANSPONDER STOPPED WORKING FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES. PRIOR TO ARRIVAL AT BEC THE RADIOS BEGAN WORKING AGAIN. THE PILOT WAS ADVISED BY ATC THAT THEY HAD DECLARED EMERGENCY FOR HIM AND ASKED IF HE NEEDED FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE PILOT MADE A REQUEST TO CONTACT BEC TOWER. HE THEN CONTACTED WICHITA APPROACH AND BEECH TOWER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED AT BEC WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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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