# Incident 20210814013739I: Beech N35, Mayetta, KS, August 14, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2021, 20:15 local time
- Place: Mayetta, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3386° N, 95.7218° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mayetta, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3386&lon=-95.7218&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1503Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1503Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech N35 (registry code 1151528, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-n35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH N35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,916 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210814013739I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 14, 2021 AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KFOE ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN AT APPROXIMATELY 8:00PM.  TAKEOFF WAS SMOOTH AND NORMAL. WHILE CLIMBING TO 8K, AT 8:10-8:15PM UPON REACHING 4.5K AIRCRAFT ENGINE SHUTTERED AND THE PILOT SIDE ENGINE COWL BLEW OPEN.  PILOT WITNESSED A LARGE HOLE IN THE COWLING. PILOT NOTICED US-75 4 LANE HIGHWAY WITH FAIRLY LIGHT TRAFFIC. HE THEN CONTACTED KC CENTER AND DECLARED THE EMERGENCY.  PILOT ELECTED TO LAND ON THE HIGHWAY. OIL WAS COVERING THE LH HALF OF WINDSHIELD AND PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MAKE OUT THE HIGHWAY FROM LH SEAT.  PILOT SLID OVER TO RH SEAT, WATCHED TRAFFIC TO ENSURE ADEQUATE SEPARATION FROM CARS. AT 10 FEET PILOT DECIDED TO LEVEL OFF TO BLEED OFF SPEED AND TO GIVE TRAFFIC BEHIND A CHANCE TO SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW A GAP TO LAND.

TOUCH DOWN WAS SMOOTH. THIS N-35 HAS NO BRAKES ON THE R/H SIDE. PILOT MOVED OVER TO THE LH SEAT TO ENABLE BRAKING. TOTAL ROLLOUT DISTANCE WAS ABOUT 1 MILE.

PILOT WAS CONTACTED BY PHONE FROM THE KC CENTER CONTROLLER AND INFORMED KC CENTER OF THE SITUATION AND SAFE STATUS OF ALL PERSONS ONBOARD AND NO PROPERTY DAMAGE ON HIGHWAY. AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED OFF THE HIGHWAY TO A KANSAS DOT OPEN AREA AWAY FROM ALL TRAFFIC.  TOTAL TIME ON HIGHWAY WAS ABOUT 1 HOUR.

## Other reports on N1503Z (1)

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

- [Incident 19980818027159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980818027159I), Aug 18, 1998: Beech N35 (N1503Z), Trenton, NJ, Minor damage. Fuel hose to flu ruptured on ground. Fuel ignited when contact with aircraft exhaust mainfold. Damage contained to engine nacelle and NLG wheel well. Damage is…

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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