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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 95-C55 · Richmond, VA · February 3, 1978

Date: February 3, 1978
Place: Richmond, VA
Airport: Byrd
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N414S
Reported as: Beech 95C55
Reported engine: Continental IO520C
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,000 total3,500 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N414SRegistration cancelled Mar 27, 2013 · Beech 95-C55S/N TE-377 · Built 1967 Airframe modelBeech 95-C55 Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine roughness followed by oil on cowl, engine shutdown. Found crankshaft cracked, cylinder separated.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE ROUGHNESS FOLLOWED BY OIL ON COWL, ENGINE SHUTDOWN. FOUND CRANKSHAFT CRACKED, CYLINDER SEPARATED.