# Accident 19940527012929A: Inland S300, Chandler, AZ, May 27, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1994, 17:30 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2390° N, 111.7792° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2390&lon=-111.7792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N791S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N791S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Staudacher Hydroplanes S-300 (registry code 056187P, https://openairdocs.org/model/staudacher-hydroplanes-s-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: INLAND S300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,331 total, 287 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX94LA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA225) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940527012929A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER ON AEROBATIC PRACTICE. LANDED ROUGH TERRAIN. BROKEN CONNECTING ROD. ENGINE RPM SET TOO HIGH.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX94LA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA225), May 28, 1994: Staudacher 300S (N791S), Chandler, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE OPERATION OF THE ENGINE AT AN RPM SETTING THAT EXCEEDED THE ORIGINAL DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS AND RESULTED IN THE FAILURE OF THE NO. 5 CONNECTING ROD BEARING.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.