19940124004739I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Frchld 24R-46 · Issaquah, WA · January 24, 1994

Date: January 24, 1994 · 15:00 local
Place: Issaquah, WA
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N81349
Reported as: Frchld 24R46
Reported engine: FCD 6440*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,210 total

N81349Registered now · Fairchild 24R-46S/N R46249 · Built 1946 Airframe modelFairchild 24R-46 Engine modelFairchild 6-440 seriesReciprocating

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.

Narrative: Mr. Reeves took off from campbell airfield going to thun airfield (pierce county airport), "when I got just about to Issaquah, and my altitude was about 900 to 1000 feet, when the engine blew a cylinder and started to vibrate. I saw a large field and made an emergency landing. Lucky for me, the field had just been mowed. So, after I landed, I taxied up to the fence and gate near the road and shut the engine off. I found number six cylinder had blown" said Mr. Reeves.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: MR. REEVES TOOK OFF FROM CAMPBELL AIRFIELD GOING TO THUN AIRFIELD (PIERCE COUNTY AIRPORT), "WHEN I GOT JUST ABOUT TO ISSAQUAH, AND MY ALTITUDE WAS ABOUT 900 TO 1000 FEET, WHEN THE ENGINE BLEW A CYLINDER AND STARTED TO VIBRATE. I SAW A LARGE FIELD AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING. LUCKY FOR ME, THE FIELD HAD JUST BEEN MOWED. SO, AFTER I LANDED, I TAXIED UP TO THE FENCE AND GATE NEAR THE ROAD AND SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. I FOUND NUMBER SIX CYLINDER HAD BLOWN" SAID MR. REEVES.