# Incident 19960520017639I: Cessna 340A, Hanksville, UT, May 20, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1996, 09:30 local time
- Place: Hanksville, UT
- Airport: Hanksville Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4194° N, 110.7029° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HANKSVILLE (HVE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4194&lon=-110.7029&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68707, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N68707) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 300 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/19960520017639I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 17,500 FEET WHEN THE LEFT ENGINE BEGAN TO SURGE. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO EFFECT SMOOTH OPERATION OF THE ENGINE SO HE SHUT THE LEFT ENGINE DOWN. HE CONTACTED ZLC CENTER AND ASKED FOR VECTORS TO HANKSVILLE AIRPORT. UPON LANDING THE PILOT LANDED LONG AND FAST. THE PILOT WAS CONCERNED THAT HE WOULD GO OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY SO HE FORCED THE AIRCRAFT ONTO THE RUNWAY COLLAPSING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH PROPELLERS, THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT, AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. NO INJURIES OR OTHER DAMAGE OCCURRED. THIS REPORT IS FINAL AND CLOSED.

## Other reports on N68707 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19880531029449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880531029449I), May 31, 1988: Cessna 340A (N68707), Seattle, WA. Right engine began surging. Engine was shut down. Single engine landing. Found fuel was contaiminated.

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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