Be-35 pilot reported oil leak on initial climb and resulted in returning to the departure airport.

Attributes
ACN	1713913
Time
Date	201912
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Bonanza 35
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Lubrication Oil
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 190 Flight Crew Total 17000 Flight Crew Type 30
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

Narrative:

On initial climb after departing ZZZ; tower notified me of possible fuel leak or smoke. I immediately returned to ZZZ. Upon landing; we found an oil leak that was spraying on the right exhaust. We landed without incident or any aircraft damage.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BE-35 Pilot reported oil leak on initial climb and resulted in returning to the departure airport.

Narrative: On initial climb after departing ZZZ; Tower notified me of possible fuel leak or smoke. I immediately returned to ZZZ. Upon landing; we found an oil leak that was spraying on the right exhaust. We landed without incident or any aircraft damage.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.