# Incident 20200528006439I: Beech V35B, Laredo, TX, May 28, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2020, 10:33 local time
- Place: Laredo, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.5064° N, 99.5075° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Laredo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5064&lon=-99.5075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N512BD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N512BD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-520-BA
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200528006439I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 28, 2020 10:33 CDT N512BD A BEECH V35 BONANZA  DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AT 5500 FT. THE PILOT REPORTED ENGINE FAILURE TO ATC AND MADE A FORCED LANDING ON U.S. HWY 59 APPROXIMATELY 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE DEPARTURE AIRFIELD (LRD) LAREDO, TX.  THE PILOT AND TWO PASENGERS REPORTED NO INJURIES, AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY NO DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT WAS REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

PILOT STATEMENT:

PILOT PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING WRITTEN STATEMENT (VERBATIM); ENGINE MADE A POP AND BEGAN TO VIBRATE. AS I LOOKED UP THE NEAREST AIRPORT, IT SEIZED UP. UNABLE TO GLIDE TO AN AIRPORT I LANDED ON HWY 59 ABOUT 15NM NE OF KLRD. THE AIRPLANE WAS COMPLETELY UNDAMAGED, WE PUSHED IT INTO THE GRASS TO ALLOW VEHICLE TRAFFIC TO PASS, AND THEN AFTER LAW ENFORCEMENT ARRIVED WE TOWED IT TO A CONCRETE PAD AND SECURED IT.

POST-INCIDENT:

AIRCRAFT WAS DISASSEMBLED AND TRAILERED TO A REPAIR FACILITY WHERE CERTIFICATED MAINTENANCE PERSONELL CONDUCTED A PARTIAL ENGINE TEAR DOWN.

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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