- Date
- February 10, 1991, 13:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Durango, CO
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9653YBeech P-35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910210001869A
- Case key
- 18071
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Probable cause
Engine failure due to oil starvation caused by turbocharger oil feed line failure and subsequent loss of lubricating oil to the engine.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
While on a local flight, the turbocharger oil feed line failed causing loss of lubricating oil to the engine, which resulted in the engine failing mechanically. The pilot attempted an emergency engine out landing at the airport which ended with a landing 200 feet short of the approach end of the runway in rough terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9653Y
- Reported as
- Beech P-35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0D-7086
- Airframe hours
- 4,556
- Engine
- Continental IO-470N, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James M. Dale
- Registered owner
- James M. Dale
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 2, 1990 · 8 hours before
- Airport
- DRO · La Plata County, runway 2, 9,200 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 972 total · 9 in this make and model · 812 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.