19781021029229I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech S35 · Tremonton, UT · October 21, 1978

Date
October 21, 1978 · 11:45 local
Place
Tremonton, UT
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7999K
Reported as
Beech S35
Reported engine
Continental IO520*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,942 total1,480 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.

Pilot first heard ticking sound then engine came apart. Failure probably started at #2 connecting rod journal.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FIRST HEARD TICKING SOUND THEN ENGINE CAME APART. FAILURE PROBABLY STARTED AT #2 CONNECTING ROD JOURNAL.

Other reports on N7999K · 1

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