19800913070509I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Enstrm F-28A · Houston, TX · September 13, 1980

Date
September 13, 1980 · 10:35 local
Place
Houston, TX
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N494H
Reported as
Enstrm F28A
Reported engine
Lycoming HIO360C1A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,200 total215 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 made precautionary landing after hearing popping noise. #1 rod had separated and gone through engine case.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MADE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AFTER HEARING POPPING NOISE. #1 ROD HAD SEPARATED AND GONE THROUGH ENGINE CASE.

Other reports on N494H · 1

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