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FAA incident report · Beech 58TC · Saint Clair, MO · February 11, 2015

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Date
February 11, 2015 · 17:15 local
Place
Saint Clair, MO
Airport
Saint Clair Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N58TK
Reported as
Beech 58TC
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-520 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
15,000 total561 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days
N58TKRegistered now · Beech 58TCS/N TK-107 · Built 1979Airframe modelBeech 58TCEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot flew the aircraft from jefferson city - jefferson city memorial airport (jef), MO to columbia, MO - columbia regional airport (cou) earlier in the day without incident. He fueled at jef but not cou. The takeoff and climbout from cou were uneventful. At cruise, approximately 25 minutes after takeoff, the right engine started to run rough. Initially thinking it could be water contamination, he let it run for a minute. When it did not improve, he added more fuel to the mixture and that also did not help. The pilot then turned on the fuel boost pump to add pressure, but that did not help. He was switched over to stl approach control and declared an emergency and asked for vectors to the nearest suitable airfield. He was vectored to st. Clair regional airport (K39). The pilot shutdown the right engine and feathered the prop. He then made a single engine landing, stopped on the runway and shutdown the remaining engine. They were met on the runway by emergency vehicles and the aircraft was towed to the ramp. There were no injuries to the pilot or passengers.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT FLEW THE AIRCRAFT FROM JEFFERSON CITY - JEFFERSON CITY MEMORIAL AIRPORT (JEF), MO TO COLUMBIA, MO - COLUMBIA REGIONAL AIRPORT (COU) EARLIER IN THE DAY WITHOUT INCIDENT. HE FUELED AT JEF BUT NOT COU. THE TAKEOFF AND CLIMBOUT FROM COU WERE UNEVENTFUL. AT CRUISE, APPROXIMATELY 25 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF, THE RIGHT ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH. INITIALLY THINKING IT COULD BE WATER CONTAMINATION, HE LET IT RUN FOR A MINUTE. WHEN IT DID NOT IMPROVE, HE ADDED MORE FUEL TO THE MIXTURE AND THAT ALSO DID NOT HELP. THE PILOT THEN TURNED ON THE FUEL BOOST PUMP TO ADD PRESSURE, BUT THAT DID NOT HELP. HE WAS SWITCHED OVER TO STL APPROACH CONTROL AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND ASKED FOR VECTORS TO THE NEAREST SUITABLE AIRFIELD. HE WAS VECTORED TO ST. CLAIR REGIONAL AIRPORT (K39). THE PILOT SHUTDOWN THE RIGHT ENGINE AND FEATHERED THE PROP. HE THEN MADE A SINGLE ENGINE LANDING, STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY AND SHUTDOWN THE REMAINING ENGINE. THEY WERE MET ON THE RUNWAY BY EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE RAMP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGERS.