# Incident 19831216071819I: Beech A36, 29 Palms, CA, December 16, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 1983, 07:30 local time
- Place: 29 Palms, CA
- Airport: 29 Palms
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1356° N, 116.0542° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Twentynine Palms, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1356&lon=-116.0542&mi=10
- Aircraft: N711AM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N711AM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540J2BD
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831216071819I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILED AT CRUISE. AFTER LANDING FOUND NR 6 CONNECTING ROD BOLT HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N711AM (1)

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

- [Incident 20020922033199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020922033199I), Sep 22, 2002: Beech A36 (N711AM), Laredo, TX, Minor damage. (-23) Nose gear actuator arm part number R-35-825172-13 failed when the landing gear was selected down. Aircraft made an emergency landing at Laredo…

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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