# Incident 20060326005809I: Beech A36, Petal, MS, March 26, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2006, 17:25 local time
- Place: Petal, MS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.3482° N, 89.2351° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Petal, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3482&lon=-89.2351&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57SB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N57SB) (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 IO520BB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,066 total, 390 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060326005809I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED TOOK OFF FROM PIB AT 1710. WHILE PASSING THROUGH 6500' FELT A VIBRATION AND NOTICED MANIFOLD PRESSURE DROPPING. CHECKED THROTTLE AND GOT SOME POWER BACK, NOTICED OIL PRESSURE DROPPING TO "0". TRIED RETURNING TO PIB BUT LOST ALL POWER AND MADE A WHEELS UP LANDING IN A PASTURE. PILOT STATED 10 1/2 QUARTS OF CLEAN OIL IN ENGINE DURING PREFLIGHT. ON 4/6/06 DRAINED SLIGHTLY LESS THAN 3 QUARTS OF BLACK OVERHEATED OIL FROM ENGINE. FOUND #3 PISTON SEIZED. ALL OTHER PISTONS AND THE VALVES OPERATED. THE TURBO FLIGHT 520 TURBO NORMALIZER INSTALLED WITH STC SE5222NM APPEARED NORMAL, HAD NO EVIDENCE OF ENGINE OIL CONTAMINATION, AND THE IMPELLER MOVED FREELY. THE OIL FILTER WAS REMOVED AND OPENED, IT WAS HEAVILY CONTAMINATED WITH FERROUS METAL. THE LIMITED TEARDOWN REVEALED NO SPECIFIC REASON FOR THE OIL LOSS OR WHERE THE OIL WENT.

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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