41.0223° N, 92.4233° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Ottumwa, IA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 18, 1978 · 10:29 local
Place
Ottumwa, IA
Airport
Industrial
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2QU
Reported as
Cessna 337
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360C
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
460 total40 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
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 shut down when rear propeller began to surge. Faulty propeller syncrophaser governor.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE SHUT DOWN WHEN REAR PROPELLER BEGAN TO SURGE. FAULTY PROPELLER SYNCROPHASER GOVERNOR.