# Incident 20070316004329I: Beech 95C55, Mesa, AZ, March 16, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2007, 15:02 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N531U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N531U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-C55 (registry code 1152708, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-c55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95C55
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070316004329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED LATE SWITCHING FROM FROM AUXILIARY TO LEFT MAIN. ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGHLY, SWITCHED BACK. ENGINE SLOWED MARKEDLY, YET WAS SMOOTH IN OPERATION. PROCEEDED IN FOR LANDING. SHORTLY WHILE ON FINAL, ENGINE STARTED TO DEVELOP NORMAL POWER. PILOT PROCEEDED TO LAND WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. AFTER LANDING CHECK/RUNUP COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM.

## Other reports on N531U (1)

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

- [Incident 19940920036279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940920036279I), Sep 20, 1994: Beech 95C55 (N531U), El Reno, OK, Minor damage. Landed short. Hit runway lip. Severed nose wheel and fork. Went around. Landed grass gear up. Bent props and belly.

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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