# Incident 19880531029449I: Cessna 340A, Seattle, WA, May 31, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1988, 10:20 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: Boeing Field-King County International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.5300° N, 122.3019° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOEING FLD/KING COUNTY INTL (BFI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5300&lon=-122.3019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68707, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N68707) (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 TSIO520NB
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,700 total, 90 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880531029449I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT ENGINE BEGAN SURGING. ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN. SINGLE ENGINE LANDING. FOUND FUEL WAS CONTAIMINATED.

## Other reports on N68707 (1)

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

- [Incident 19960520017639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960520017639I), May 20, 1996: Cessna 340A (N68707), Hanksville, UT, Minor damage. Narrative: aircraft was in cruise flight at 17,500 feet when the left engine began to surge. Pilot was unable to effect smooth operation of the engine so he…

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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