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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech D-50 · Fullerton, CA · March 18, 1990

Date
March 18, 1990 · 09:45 local
Place
Fullerton, CA
Airport
Fullerton Municipal
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N319B
Reported as
Beech D50
Reported engine
Lycoming GO480G2D6
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
350 total21 in this make and model35 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.

Left engine quit after takeoff. Returned. Crankshaft counter weight broke away and camshaft broke in half.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT ENGINE QUIT AFTER TAKEOFF. RETURNED. CRANKSHAFT COUNTER WEIGHT BROKE AWAY AND CAMSHAFT BROKE IN HALF.