45.6316° N, 121.1689° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Dallesport, WA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 29, 1980 · 07:20 local
Place
Dallesport, WA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N333KA
Reported as
Rkwell 685
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520K
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total500 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.
Za zg connecting rod broke just below the piston pin. Cause of the fatigue failure could not be determined.
As the FAA filed it
ZA ZG CONNECTING ROD BROKE JUST BELOW THE PISTON PIN. CAUSE OF THE FATIGUE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.