# Incident 20000602017809I: Cessna 340CESSNA, Dallas, TX, June 2, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2000, 09:40 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Dallas Love Field
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: OH7A
- Location: 32.8459° N, 96.8509° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS LOVE FLD (DAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8459&lon=-96.8509&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5878M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5878M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340 (registry code 2076404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340CESSNA
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520J
- Pilot flight hours: 1,520 total, 100 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000602017809I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AIRCRAFT DEPARTED DALLAS LOVE FIELD @ 0940 HOURS. ON CLIMB, NOTICED INSUFFICIENT POWER FOR ENGINE SETTINGS.  RETARDED THROTTLES ONE AT A TIME, CONFIRMED #2 ENGINE FAILED, ALL INSTRUMENTS INDICATING NORMAL.  PERFORMED ENGINE SHUT-DOWN, FEATHER PROCEDURES, COMMITTED TO OFF-FIELD LANDING.  LANDED AIRCRAFT IN TRINITY RIVER BOTTOMS AT WESTMORELAND ROAD.  NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT, NO INJURIES TO CREW OR PASSENGERS.  DEBRIEFED PILOT AND COMPANY OBSERVER.

## Other reports on N5878M (1)

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

- [Incident 19780409009649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780409009649I), Apr 9, 1978: Cessna 340CESSNA (N5878M), Jamaica, NY. Unscheduled landing due to rough engine. Found fouled spark plug and worn ignition lead.

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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