19851127068299I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 58 · Fresno, CA · November 27, 1985

Date
November 27, 1985 · 09:50 local
Place
Fresno, CA
Airport
Fresno Air Terminal
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N44MH
Reported as
Beech 58
Reported engine
Continental IO520C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,100 total300 in this make and model110 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 ran rough at cruise. Diverted. Nr 3 cylinder on left engine had rocker shaft bosses broken.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE RAN ROUGH AT CRUISE. DIVERTED. NR 3 CYLINDER ON LEFT ENGINE HAD ROCKER SHAFT BOSSES BROKEN.