# Incident 20160817008199I: Beech B200, Aurora, IL, August 17, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2016, 15:18 local time
- Place: Aurora, IL
- Airport: Aurora Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7719° N, 88.4757° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AURORA MUNI (ARR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7719&lon=-88.4757&mi=10
- Aircraft: N525SK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N525SK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B200 (registry code 1152922, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B200
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 30,250 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160817008199I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED 05C (GRIFFITH, IN) FOR GTU (GEORGETOWN, TX).  CLIMBING THROUGH 17,000 FEET THE PILOT NOTICED SMOKE THEN OIL COMING FROM THE INBOARD SIDE OF THE LEFT ENGINE.  THE OIL PRESSURE INDICATION BEGAN FLUCTUATING.  THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE LEFT ENGINE, THEN NOTIFIED ATC OF THE SITUATION (AN EMERGENCY WAS NOT DECLARED).  THE PILOT DIVERTED TO ARR (AURORA, IL) AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N525SK (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20021006028519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021006028519I), Oct 6, 2002: Beech B200 (N525SK), Nashua, NH, Minor damage. (-23) Nashua ground instructed N525SK, king air B-200, to taxi to the active runway 14 via the inner taxiway. After taxiing approximately 1500 feet towards the…

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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