# Incident 19960629029409I: Beech 95B55, Little Rock, AR, June 29, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 1996, 17:00 local time
- Place: Little Rock, AR
- Airport: Adams Field
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7465° N, 92.2896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Little Rock, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7465&lon=-92.2896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8164R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8164R-2013-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (registry code 1152706, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95B55
- Reported engine: CONT IO470L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,650 total, 250 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960629029409I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AFTER DEPARTURE FROM LIT, DURING CLIMB THE LEFT ENGINE VIBRATED SEVERELY AND LOST POWER. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN IN FLIGHT AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE AT LIT. ON THE GROUND, AN INSPECTION REVEALED NUMBER 4 CYLINDER HAD SEPARATED FROM THE CYLINDER BASE BETWEEN THE MOUNTING BASE AND COOLING FINS. IT APPEARS THAT THE CYLINDER FAILED BECAUSE OF METAL FATIGUE.

## Other reports on N8164R (1)

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

- [Accident 20011004035449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011004035449A), Oct 4, 2001: Beech T42A (N8164R), Alvarado, TX, No damage, 2 fatal. (-23) On October 4, 2001 at 1315 local time, pilot william d. paulin and flight instructor john m. whitmore on board BE-55-T42A, N8164R entered into a flat…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.