# Incident 19820216003129I: Cessna 340A, Dulles, VA, February 16, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 1982, 14:20 local time
- Place: Dulles, VA
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9475° N, 77.4599° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of WASHINGTON DULLES INTL (IAD), within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9475&lon=-77.4599&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8663K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8663K-2012-08-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 40 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820216003129I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ZA RIGHT ENGINE CONNECTING ROD BROKE. KNOCKED A HOLE IN ENGINE CASE. VECTORED TO AIRPORT. SEPARATION AT ROD CAP.

## Other reports on N8663K (1)

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

- [Accident 19860216002859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860216002859A), Feb 16, 1986: Cessna 340A (N8663K), Frankfort, IL, Substantial damage. Landed on the ice covered runway. Braking action was nil. Slid off the runway end, across ditches,and into a field.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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