# Incident 20080828855779I: Beech E33C, Spartanburg, SC, August 28, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2008, 07:57 local time
- Place: Spartanburg, SC
- Airport: Spartanburg Downtown Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9157° N, 81.9565° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport (SPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9157&lon=-81.9565&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7741R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7741R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E33C (registry code 1151432, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e33c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E33C
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080828855779I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT WITH ONE PASSENGER WAS ON A IFR FLIGHT PLAN AND DESCENDING TO 5000'.  JUST PRIOR TO LEVELING OFF HE NOTICED THAT THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE WAS READING BELOW NORMAL.  THEN WITHIN SECONDS SMELLED OIL.  HE REQUESTED VECTORS TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY.  ATC AT GSP WAS ABLE TO GET THE PILOT OVER SPA.  HE BROKE OUT OF OVERCAST AT 700' THEN HEARD A POP AND OIL STARTED FORMING ON THE WINDSCREEN.  WITH NO POWER LEFT FROM THE ENGINE HE APPROACHED RUNWAY 5 AT SPA AT ABOUT A THIRTY DEGREE ANGLE.  THE NOSE WHEEL CLIPPED A MALSR LIGHT.  THE LEFT MAIN TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 20' PRIOR TO THE PAVEMENT AND THE RIGHT MAIN ABOUT 6" PRIOR TO THE PAVEMENT AND ROLLED OUT ONTO THE THRESHOLD OF THE RUNWAY.  OTHER THEN A NICK IN THE NOSE TIRE THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES.  THE ENGINE HAD A 4 INCH HOLE JUST BELOW THE NUMBER ONE CYLINDER WHERE THE PISTON ROD BROKE THROUGH.

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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