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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech 35BEECH · Avenal, CA · March 23, 1984

Date
March 23, 1984 · 16:45 local
Place
Avenal, CA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N22HR
Reported as
Beech 35BEECH
Reported engine
Continental E2258
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,800 total1,800 in this make and model30 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.

Engine failed. Landed safely in a field. #6 piston had disintegrated.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILED. LANDED SAFELY IN A FIELD. #6 PISTON HAD DISINTEGRATED.