# Accident 20000117014069A: Cessna 340A, Brownsville, TX, January 17, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2000, 09:20 local time
- Place: Brownsville, TX
- Airport: Brownsville-South Padre International
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9017° N, 97.4975° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brownsville, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9017&lon=-97.4975&mi=10
- Aircraft: XBBJU (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000117014069A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT REPORTED A LOSS OF POWER ON THE RIGHT ENGINE, WHILE ON RIGHT DOWNWIND TO RWY. 13, HE ELECTED TO TURN TO THE NEAREST RWY, RWY 35 AND EXPERIENCED A VERY HARD LANDING ON THE RWY. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE RWY. HARD ENOUGH THAT BOTH WINGS BROKE OUTBOARD OF THE ENGINES. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: 1. BOTH PROPELLERS WERE BENT ABOUT THE SAME INDICATING THAT BOTH ENGINES WERE TURNING ABOUT THE SAME DURING THE IMPACT. 2. VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE RIGHT ENGINE SHOWED NOTHING ABNORMAL. 3. THERE WAS FUEL ON THE FUEL LINES ON TOP OF THE ENGINE. THERE WAS ALSO FUEL ON THE RIGHT TANK. 4. THE ENGINE APPEARED TO HAVE GOOD COMPRESSION. 5. THE ENGINE TAC GENERATOR WAS REMOVED AND EXAMINED NOTHING ABNORMAL, THE TAC GENERATOR WAS LOOKED TO SEE IF IT HAD FAILED PROVIDING AN ERRONEOUS READING ON THE ENGINE RPM'S. CONSIDERING THAT THE PILOT IS A FOREIGN NATIONAL OUR RECOMMENDATION IS FOR THE DGAC IN MEXICO TO PERFORM THE EQUIVALENT OF A 709 ON THE PILOT WITH EMPHASIS ON EMERGENCY LANDING PROCEDURES.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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