# Incident 19970814025309I: Cessna 340CESSNA, El Dorado, KS, August 14, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1997, 00:12 local time
- Place: El Dorado, KS
- Airport: Captain Jack Thomas/El Dorado
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7741° N, 96.8176° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Captain Jack Thomas El Dorado Airport (EQA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7741&lon=-96.8176&mi=10
- Aircraft: N340CK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N340CK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340 (registry code 2076404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340CESSNA
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970814025309I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT ENGINE VIBRATION. LOST OIL PRESSURE. SMOKE. DIVERTED. AFT LEFT CYLINDER BLEW OFF. NO FIRE.

## Other reports on N340CK (1)

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

- [Accident 19980128000679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980128000679A), Jan 28, 1998: Cessna 340CESSNA (N340CK), Wagoner, OK, Substantial damage. On January 27, 2100 central standard time, a Cessna 340 multiengine airplane, N340CK, struck several deer during the landing roll at the Wagoner Airstrip,…

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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