# Incident 19990409039849I: Blanca 1730A, Tifton, GA, April 9, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 1999, 10:00 local time
- Place: Tifton, GA
- Airport: Henry Tift Myers Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.4296° N, 83.4892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HENRY TIFT MYERS (TMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4296&lon=-83.4892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4058B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4058B-2019-06-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30A (registry code 1220433, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520K
- Pilot flight hours: 212 total, 120 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990409039849I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT N4058B MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON GEORGIA HIGHWAY 82 FIVE MILES EAST OF TIFTON, GEORGIA. AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE.  NUMBER 2 CYLINDER SEPARATED FROM THE ENGINE CASE.  THERE WAS NO AIRCRAFT DAMAGE, FIRE, OR CIVILIAN PROPERTY DAMAGE, OR PERSONS INJURIED.  AIRCRAFT MOVED TO ANDERSON AVIATION, TIFTON, GEORGIA. M OR D GENERATED ON CYCLINDER FLANGE NUT SEATS.  AIRCRAFT CYLINDERS 1 THROUGH 6 REPLACED IN 1991.  SERVICE BULLETIN TELEDYNE CONTINENTAL AIRCRAFT ENGINES SB96-12 NOT IN EFFECT AT THAT TIME,  WHICH WARNED OF PAINTING FLANGE NUT SEATS.  AIRCRAFT WAS NOT FLOWN AMNY HOURS A TOTAL OF 420 IN EIGHT YEARS.  THERE WAS NO INDUCATION OF A PROBLEM DURING INSPECTION.  ALL CYLINDERS CHECKED GOOD ON COMPRESSION TESTING WITH NO VISUAL ANOMILIES NOTED IN ENGINE LOG ENTRIES.

## Other reports on N4058B (1)

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

- [Incident 20170216001299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170216001299I), Feb 16, 2017: Bellanca 17-30A (N4058B), Lumberton, NJ, Minor damage. Anonymous complaint received by aea FSDO 17 stating a damaged aircraft being stored in hangar at kvay, possible unreported incident/accident. Aircraft…

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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