19931215049029I

Incident

FAA incident report · Beech B-60 · Dunkirk, NY · December 15, 1993

Date
December 15, 1993 · 07:55 local
Place
Dunkirk, NY
Airport
Chautauqua County/Dunkirk Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N4071S
Reported as
Beech B60
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total900 in this make and model

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 shut down on climb. Returned to airport. Found NR5 cylinder exhaust valve head broken off.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT ENGINE SHUT DOWN ON CLIMB. RETURNED TO AIRPORT. FOUND NR5 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE HEAD BROKEN OFF.