# Incident 19990522026549I: Beech 35B33, Lafayette, IN, May 22, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1999, 12:20 local time
- Place: Lafayette, IN
- Airport: Purdue University
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4123° N, 86.9369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PURDUE UNIVERSITY (LAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4123&lon=-86.9369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1527Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35B33
- Reported engine: CONT IO470K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 480 total, 150 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990522026549I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER DEPARTING PURDUE AIRPORT, WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA ON MAY 22, 1999 AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE SHORTLY AFTER ESTABLISHING CRUISE FLIGHT. THE PILOT DECLARED AND EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT TO MAKE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING.  INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE DISCLOSED THAT THE NUMBER 5 CONNECTING ROD HAD FAILED CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES INVOLVED DUE TO THIS INCIDENT AND NO FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  INCIDENT NUMBER IGL11990042

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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