# Incident 19980419011279I: Beech A23, Bay St Louis, MS, April 19, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 1998, 18:00 local time
- Place: Bay St Louis, MS
- Airport: Stennis International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3678° N, 89.4546° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STENNIS INTL (HSA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3678&lon=-89.4546&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8783M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8783M-2021-11-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A23 (registry code 1151204, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-346 series (registry code 17033, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-346-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A23
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 170 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980419011279I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING CRUISE THE PILOT STATED ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND WHILE OVER THE AIRPORT A CYLINDER FAILED KNOCKING HOLE IN SIDE OF COWLING. PILOT INITIATED EMERGENCY LANDING AT HSA. ENGINE HAD 50 HRS SMOH. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FSDO LOG #JAN98014.

## Other reports on N8783M (2)

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

- [Accident 20201003016859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201003016859A), Oct 3, 2020: Beech A23 (N8783M), Spruce Pines, NC, Substantial damage. The pilot stated the flight was normal from K62 to 7A8. Upon arriving at 7A8 at an altitude of 7500 ft., he performed a circling descent to enter the traffic…
- [Incident 19951013036909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951013036909I), Oct 13, 1995: Beech 35A33 (N8783M), Dayton, TN. Narrative: pilot filed a VFR flight plan and received a weather briefing from lansing Michigan flight service on 10-13-95. The flight was uneventful until…

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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