# Incident 20160320003599I: Beech P35, Santa Fe, NM, March 20, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 2016, 14:45 local time
- Place: Santa Fe, NM
- Airport: Santa Fe Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6171° N, 106.0894° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA FE RGNL (SAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6171&lon=-106.0894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1568Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1568Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech P35 (registry code 1151530, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-p35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH P35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 563 total, 563 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160320003599I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT DEPARTED BELEN (E80) ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT TO SANTA FE (SAF). THE PILOT MADE A PRACTICE APPROACH TO RWY 2, LOW APPROACH AND WAS DIRECTED TO THE SAF VOR TO HOLD. DURING THE HOLD THE ENGINE STARTED TO SURGE AND THE PILOT NOTICED NO OIL PRESSURE. THE PILOT DID NOT THINK HE COULD MAKE IT TO THE AIRPORT AND REPORTED TO THE TOWER HE WAS GOING TO LAND ON THE I-25 FRONTAGE ROAD. HE LANDED ON THE ROAD WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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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