19970130004259I

Incident

FAA incident report · Beech T34B · Monterey, CA · January 30, 1997

Date
January 30, 1997 · 13:28 local
Place
Monterey, CA
Airport
Monterey Peninsula
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N342MN
Reported as
Beech T34B
Reported engine
Continental O470R
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,600 total39 in this make and model30 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.

Narrative: pilot stated: on downwind at mry, rwy 28R, the aircraft throttle was reduced to decrease airspeed. As the throttle was pulled back the engine immediately began to run rough. An emergency was declared and the aircraft was landed uneventfully. Just after touch-down, the engine quit and the aircraft was taxied off the runway under its own momentum. The cause of the rough running engine is under investigation and when the cause is determined, by maintenance personnel, a malfunction or defect report will be submitted. No pilot deviation and no 8010-11 generated. This terminates the investigation and this report is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED: ON DOWNWIND AT MRY, RWY 28R, THE AIRCRAFT THROTTLE WAS REDUCED TO DECREASE AIRSPEED. AS THE THROTTLE WAS PULLED BACK THE ENGINE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. JUST AFTER TOUCH-DOWN, THE ENGINE QUIT AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED OFF THE RUNWAY UNDER ITS OWN MOMENTUM. THE CAUSE OF THE ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION AND WHEN THE CAUSE IS DETERMINED, BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL, A MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED. NO PILOT DEVIATION AND NO 8010-11 GENERATED. THIS TERMINATES THE INVESTIGATION AND THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.