# Incident 19950119002749I: Cessna 402B, Fayetteville, AR, January 19, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 1995, 21:15 local time
- Place: Fayetteville, AR
- Airport: Drake Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HBCA
- Location: 36.0051° N, 94.1701° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DRAKE FLD (FYV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0051&lon=-94.1701&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29MM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29MM-2002-12-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520E
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,091 total, 178 in this make and model, 155 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950119002749I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: HISTORY OF FLIGHT: AN UNEVENTFUL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED FROM MCI TO THE APPROACH TO FYV. AT 15 MILES FROM LANDING WHEN REDUCING THE MANIFOLD PRESSURE FROM 27 TO 25 INCHES THE LEFT ENGINE MADE A LOUD BANG AND BEGAN SMOKING. THE ENGINE WAS SECURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHECK LIST AND THE SMOKE STOPPED. AN UNEVENTFUL ENGINE OUT LANDING WAS MADE AT FYV. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT: NO EXTERNAL DAMAGE WAS VISIBLE. WHEN THE LEFT ENGINE COWLING WAS REMOVED IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ENGINE #3 ROD BROKE LOOSE FROM THE CRANKSHAFT. THE ROD HAD KNOCKED A LARGE PIECE OUT OF THE CRANKCASE. TEST AND RESEARCH: AN INSPECTION OF THE DAMAGED ENGINE DID NOT REVEAL ANY OBVIOUS SIGNS OF MAINTENANCE MALPRACTICE OR MATERIAL DEFECTS. IT APPEARED THAT A CONNECTING ROD BOLT FAILED. CONSIDERING THE TSO AND OPERATING HISTORY OF THIS ENGINE. THE FAILURE DOES NOT APPEAR ABNORMAL. THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE WITHOUT LABORATORY ANALYSIS. THIS ANALYSIS IS NOT PLANNED. THIS INCIDENT CLOSED.

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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