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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 401 · Dallas, TX · April 7, 1995

Date
April 7, 1995 · 02:33 local
Place
Dallas, TX
Airport
Dallas Love Field
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
QNIA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3220Q
Reported as
Cessna 401
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520E
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,480 total285 in this make and model228 in the last 90 days

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.

Lost right engine on climbout. Returned. Had thrown connecting rod thru engine case. Rod bolt failed.

As the FAA filed it

LOST RIGHT ENGINE ON CLIMBOUT. RETURNED. HAD THROWN CONNECTING ROD THRU ENGINE CASE. ROD BOLT FAILED.