# Incident 20190505004009I: Beech A36, Rover, AR, May 5, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2019, 11:38 local time
- Place: Rover, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9518° N, 93.4090° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rover, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9518&lon=-93.4090&mi=10
- Aircraft: N871CS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N871CS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 521 total, 62 in this make and model, 108 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190505004009I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 5, 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 1138 CDT, N871CS A BEECH A36 AIRPLANE, REGISTERED TO C&S AVIATION AND OPERATED BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT, DEPARTED MENA, AR (MEZ) TO JONESBORO, AR (JBR) ON A VFR FLIGHT, EXPERIENCED ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE, LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE, AND SUBSEQUENT ENGINE FAILURE APPROXIMATELY 40 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT. THE PILOT LANDED IN AN OPEN FIELD APPROXIMATELY ELEVEN MILES SOUTH OF THE DANVILLE, AR AIRPORT (32A).  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

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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