# Incident 20160324002369I: Beech A36, Peru, IL, March 24, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2016, 15:00 local time
- Place: Peru, IL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3569° N, 89.1389° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Peru, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3569&lon=-89.1389&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8260W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 9,130 total, 310 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160324002369I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 24, 2016 N8260W DEPARTED AURORA AIRPORT (ARR) RUNWAY 33 ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN FOR KANSAS CITY DOWNTOWN AIRPORT (MKC). WHILE CLIMBING IN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IMC) ON A 270 DEGREE HEADING TURNING TO 230 DEGREE FOR DIRECT (MKC), THE PILOT NOTICED LOW MANIFOLD PRESSURE AND BEGAN A DESCENT FROM 10,000 FEET TO 8,000 FEET. HE THEN NOTICED LOW OIL PRESSURE. WHILE DIVERTING TO ILLINOIS VALLEY AIRPORT (VYS) PERU, IL, THE PILOT OBSERVED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT, THE AIRCRAFT BROKE OUT OF THE CLOUDS AT APPROXIMATELY 900 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL, AND THE PILOT DECIDED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY OFF AIRPORT LANDING. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO POST FIRE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE AIRPORT THE FOLLOWING MORNING WHEN THE GROUND WAS FROZEN.

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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