# Incident 19990312013789I: Beech V35B, Great Falls, MT, March 12, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 1999, 16:05 local time
- Place: Great Falls, MT
- Airport: Great Falls International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4823° N, 111.3703° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREAT FALLS INTL (GTF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4823&lon=-111.3703&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2272L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2272L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 230 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990312013789I

## Narrative

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

(-5)AFTER TAKEOFF FROM GREAT FALLS (IN CRUISE), PILOT HEARD LOUD NOISE FROM ENGINE AND ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH. PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY, RETURNED TO GTF AIRPORT AND LANDED.  AIRCRAFT TAKEN TO HOLMAN AVIATION WHERE SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION REVEALED #2 CYLINDER BADLY CRACKED (NEAR SEPERATION) AT TOP OF CYLINDER.  THIS INCIDENT INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.

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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