# Incident 19890521037879I: Beech 60, Bloomington-Nor, IL, May 21, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 1989, 13:10 local time
- Place: Bloomington-Nor, IL
- Airport: Bloomington-Normal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4758° N, 88.9699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bloomington, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4758&lon=-88.9699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N775 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 60
- Reported engine: LYC TIO541E1A4
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890521037879I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILED IN FLIGHT. FIRE FROM ENGINE. EMERGENCY LANDING. CONNECTING ROD BROKE AND ENGINE CASE SPLIT OPEN.

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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