# Incident 20160326021999I: Beech 35-C33, Naples, FL, March 26, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2016, 15:55 local time
- Place: Naples, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1505° N, 81.7953° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Naples, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1505&lon=-81.7953&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2781T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2781T-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-C33 (registry code 1151408, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-c33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35-C33
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 340 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160326021999I

## Narrative

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

A BEECH 35-C33 REGISTERED AS N2718T ENROUTE FROM LAGRANGE GA (KLGC) TO NAPLES FL (KAPF) WAS RECEIVING VECTORS FOR LANDING AT KAPF WHEN THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY VIOLENT VIBRATIONS IN THE ENGINE AREA.  THE PILOT REDUCED POWER TO THE ENGINE IN AN EFFORT TO LOWER THE EFFECT OF VIBRATIONS ON THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT MADE A DETERMINATION THAT IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE TO LAND AT KAPF AND AN OFF FIELD LOCATION WAS SELECTED.  THE PILOT EXPLAINED HE DID NOT ELECT TO PLACE THE GEAR DOWN ON THE AIRCRAFT IN THE HOPE OF A SHORTER LANDING ROLL AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON A ROAD NORTH EAST OF KAPF.  THE PILOT AND 3 OTHER OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT UNINJURED.

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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