# Incident 20130726015879I: Beech 95-B55, Naples, FL, July 26, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 2013, 10:20 local time
- Place: Naples, FL
- Airport: Naples Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1524° N, 81.7756° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NAPLES MUNI (APF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1524&lon=-81.7756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N892P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N892P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (registry code 1152705, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-470 series (registry code 17044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-B55
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-470 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130726015879I

## Narrative

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

ON 7/26 AICRAFT DEPARTED KSGJ FOR KEYW, FLYING SOUTH ON THE AIRWAYS TO MELBOURNE AND THEN SOUTHWEST TO KEYW.  APPROXIMATELY 20 NM NORTHEAST OF 1US  AN ENGINE VIBRATION WAS FELT; THE VIBRATION INCREASED IN INTENSITY OVER THE NEXT 60 SECONDS AND CHECKING  ENGINE MONITOR GUAGES SHOWED THAT EGT FOR THE #1 CYLINDER  ON THE RIGHT ENGINE HAD RISEN TO THE MID 1500S FROM THE MID 1300S.   CONTACTED ATC AND IT WAS ASKED FOR THE TWO NEAREST AIRPORTS, ELECTED TO FLY TO1US.  REDUCED POWER, WHICH ALLEVIATED THE PROBLEM, AND LANDED AT 1US WITHOUT INCIDENT.  UPON LANDING IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS NOT A MECHANIC AVAILABLE NOR WAS THERE A RENTAL CAR CLOSER THAN PALM BEACH.   RESTARTED THE AIRCRAFT, TAXIED TO A SECURE AREA AND RAN THE RIGHT ENGINE AT FULL POWER FOR 60 SECONDS WITHOUT INCIDENT.  PILOT FELT THAT THE ISSUE COULD HAVE BEEN AN INJECTOR AND THAT IT MAY HAVE RESOLVED ITSELF, HE DECIDED TO ATTEMPT TO COMPLETE MY FLIGHT TO KEYW AND FILED AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN TO DO SO.  UPON REACHING APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET, AT FULL POWER, THE ENGINE KNOCK REOCCURRED.  POWER WAS REDUCED, CONTACTED ATC, CANCELLED FLIGHT PLAN AND PROCEEDED TO KAPF.  BY REDUCING THE POWER THE ?KNOCK? WAS ELIMINATED AND THE FLIGHT TO KAPF WAS WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  AT KAPF, AIRCRAFT WAS TAKEN TO NAPLES AIR CENTER MAINTENANCE WHERE A MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ISSUE WAS AN EXHAUST VALVE ON THE #1 CYLINDER OF THE RIGHT ENGINE.

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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