# Incident 20161212018989I: Beech F35, Mobile, AL, December 12, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 2016, 15:30 local time
- Place: Mobile, AL
- Airport: Mobile Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6914° N, 88.2428° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOBILE RGNL (MOB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6914&lon=-88.2428&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9YL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9YL-2022-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F35 (registry code 1151514, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E225 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 7,292 total, 877 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161212018989I

## Narrative

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

AT 1421 LOCAL TIME TAKEOFF CLEARANCE WAS ISSUED WITH AN ALTITUDE RESTRICTION OF 2500'. THE PILOT REACHED 2500' AND REDUCED POWER TO 23" MAP AND 2300 RPM.

WITHIN 30 SECONDS AFTER LEVELING OFF THE ENGINE QUIT RUNNING WITHOUT ANY WARNING (NO COUGHING, NO SPUTTERING, NO ROUGH RUNNING). THE PROPELLER CONTINUED TO WINDMILL. THE PILOT ADVISED DEPARTURE OF HIS SITUATION AND THAT HE WAS TURNING TOWARD THE AIRPORT. TOWER CLEARED HIM TO LAND ON RUNWAY 15. HE TOLD THEM THERE WAS NO WAY HE COULD MAKE IT TO ANY RUNWAY AND THAT HE WOULD JUST TRY TO GET BACK TO THE AIRPORT PROPERTY.HE TURNED BACK TOWARD THE AIRPORT AND WAS ALIGNED WITH TAXIWAY CHARLIE.

HE TRIED SWITCHING TO THE RIGHT MAIN FUEL TANK AND TURNING ON THE FUEL BOOST PUMP. NEITHER OF THESE ACTIONS REVIVED THE ENGINE.

THERE IS A LINE OF TREES AND A POWER LINE ON THE WEST BOUNDARY OF KMOB. THE AIRCRAFT LACKED ABOUT 5 FEET OF ALTITUDE IN ORDER TO CLEAR THOSE COMPLETELY. THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE TOP OF THE TREES AND NOSE LANDING GEAR, JUST ABOVE THE WHEEL, SEPARATED THE TOP WIRE OF THE POWER LINES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS STILL CONTROLLABLE AND HE LANDED IN THE GRASS, ON THE AIRPORT PROPERTY, SHORT OF TAXIWAY CHARLIE.

THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED WITH THE REMAINING INERTIA JUST ONTO THE TAXIWAY AND THAT'S WHERE IT CAME TO REST.

DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN LOCALIZED TO THE RIGHT WING.

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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