# Incident 20200616006959I: Beech M35, St John, KS, June 16, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2020, 09:20 local time
- Place: St John, KS
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0000° N, 98.7611° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. John, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0000&lon=-98.7611&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9315Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9315Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech M35 (registry code 1151526, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-m35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH M35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,977 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200616006959I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WICHITA, KS (AAO) AT APPROXIMATELY 0830 LOCAL TIME, ENROUTE TO COLORADO SPRINGS, CO (COS). DURING CRUISE AT 8,000 FT., THE PILOT EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE POWER LOSS AND THE ENGINE SEIZED SHORTLY AFTER. AT APPROXIMATELY 0920 LOCAL TIME, THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES WEST OF ST. JOHNS, KS. NO PASSENGERS ON BOARD, NO INJURIES AND NO AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS REPORTED BY THE PILOT. AFTER EXITING THE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT REPORTED THE HE ATTEMPTED TO ROTATE THE ENGINE WITH THE PROPELLER, HOWEVER THE ENGINE WAS SEIZED.

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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