# Incident 20111206027669I: Beech A36, Morris, MN, December 6, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 2011, 08:30 local time
- Place: Morris, MN
- Airport: Morris Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5859° N, 95.9054° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morris, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5859&lon=-95.9054&mi=10
- Aircraft: N818DB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N818DB) (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 MOTOR IO 550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,220 total, 352 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111206027669I

## Narrative

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

N818DB DEPARTED KMOX AND CLIMBED TO 6000 FEET. SMOKE ENTERED COCKPIT BRIEFLY AND ENGINE VIBRATION EXPERIENCED. PILOT REDUCED POWER, INFORMED MSP CENTER OF INTENTIONS AND RETURNED TO KMOX. LANDING NORMAL.

## Other reports on N818DB (2)

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

- [Incident 20180219002789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180219002789I), Feb 19, 2018: Beech A36 (N818DB), Worthington, MN, Minor damage. Aircraft windshield iced over. Aircraft landed downwind with 30 kt tailwind. Pilot lost control. Aircraft departed off runway and nosegear collapsed in small…
- [Incident 20160526005469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160526005469I), May 26, 2016: Beech A36 (N818DB), Morris, MN, Minor damage. Aircraft N818DB experienced a gear malfunction while on approach to kmox airport. When the pilot lowered the gear he did not get normal in-transient gear…

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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