# Accident 20170708009809A: Beech V35, Walters, OK, July 8, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2017, 10:50 local time
- Place: Walters, OK
- Airport: Walters
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3992° N, 98.2664° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3992&lon=-98.2664&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6257V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6257V-2019-10-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35 (registry code 1151538, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL MOTOR IO 520 -BB6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17LA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA286) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170708009809A

## Narrative

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

SATURDAY MORNING JULY 8, 2017. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS AT ABOUT 1030 AM. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF THE AIRCRAFT. HEADED NORTH TOWARD LAWTON, OKLAHOMA ABOUT FIVE MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT SURGING SOUND FROM THE ENGINE. ENGINE TACH HAD SPIKED TO 3000 RPM. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ADJUSTED THE POWER DOWN A COUPLE OF INCHES AND TRIED TO ADJUST THE PROP SPEED. THEN NOTICED THE OIL PRESSURE HAD GONE TO ZERO, ENGINE WAS RUNNING VERY ROUGH AND HAD ONLY PARTIAL POWER. COCKPIT WAS STARTING TO FILL WITH SMOKE AND HAD LOST ALL POWER. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TRIED TO MAKE IT TO WALTER'S AIRPORT BUT HAD TO PUT IT DOWN IN A DIRT FIELD ABOUT A HALF MILE SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN17LA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA286), Jul 8, 2017: Beech V35 (N6257V), Walters, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: Maintenance personnel’s installation of an improper vacuum pump gasket, which resulted in oil starvation to the engine and a subsequent total loss of engine power.

## Other reports on N6257V (1)

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

- [Incident 19910223006179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910223006179I), Feb 23, 1991: Beech V35 (N6257V), New Castle, IN, Minor damage. Pilot stated he had selected gear up when he intended to select flaps up on a touch and go landing. Landed gear up.

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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