# Incident 19950128003739I: Beech A36, Stuttgart, AR, January 28, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 1995, 17:24 local time
- Place: Stuttgart, AR
- Airport: Stuttgart Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4952° N, 91.5486° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stuttgart, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4952&lon=-91.5486&mi=10
- Aircraft: N128TJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO550*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 3,400 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950128003739I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: HISTORY OF FLIGHT: ON JANUARY 28, 1995, A BEECHCRAFT, BE-A36, N128TJ, ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM HOT SPRINGS, AR, TO MEMPHIS, TN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AT 1715 CST, AFTER THE ENGINE FAILED AT 7,000 FEET MSL, 10 NM NORTHWEST OF STUTTGART, AR. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED VECTORS TO STUTTGART MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT 1724 CST. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT: THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE, BUT THERE WAS ENGINE DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT REAR CYLINDER, IN THAT THE ROCKER ARM BOSS AREA WAS BROKEN. THE ENGINE DID NOT QUIT, BUT LOST SUBSTANTIAL POWER. TEST AND RESEARCH: WHEN THE CYLINDERS WERE OVERHAULED THE ROCKER ARM BOSSES HAD BRASS BUSHINGS INSTALLED. DRILLING THE ROCKER ARM FOR THE BUSHINGS MAY HAVE WEAKENED THE ROCKER ARM, ALTHOUGH, THERE WERE ALSO GRAY AREAS WITH SMALL HOLES IN THE CASTING, INDICATING THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN A WEAK AREA WHEN THE ROCKER ARM WAS CAST. THIS ENGINE WAS OVERHAULED PRIOR TO SERVICE BULLETIN M92-6 BEING ISSUED, DIRECTING THAT DURING OVERHAUL THE ROCKER ARM BE DRILLED THROUGH AND INSTALL A HELICOIL. THIS INCIDENT IS 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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