# Incident 19950416010129I: Beech C23, Hazard, KY, April 16, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 1995, 16:35 local time
- Place: Hazard, KY
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2605° N, 83.1982° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hazard, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2605&lon=-83.1982&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2BW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4G
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 330 total, 90 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950416010129I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PIC (MR. WHITE) STATED WHILE ENROUTE TO W13 STANTO, VA AT A CRUISE ALTITUDE OF 5,500 FT. HE HEARD A LOUD BANG. SUBSEQUENTLY THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AND VIBRATING. BECAUSE THE NEAREST AIRFIELD WAS 10 MILES AWAY THE PIC ELECTED TO LAND ON HIGHWAY 80. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES. INVESTIGATION: REVEALED THE #2 TOP SPARK PLUG THREADS FILED ALLOWING THE PLUG TO DEPART FROM THE CYLINDER RESULTING IN THE ENGINE VIBRATION. THE #4 TOP PLUG WAS FOUND TO BE LOOSE BUT HAD NOT BACKED OUT. FILING OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THE INVESTIGATION.

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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