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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech 36BEECH · Dallas, TX · December 9, 2000

Date: December 9, 2000 · 12:39 local
Place: Dallas, TX
Airport: Dallas Airpark Airport
Phase of flight: Forced Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N567DM
Reported as: Beech 36BEECH
Reported engine: Continental IO550B
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,442 total1,840 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)First flight following major overhaul. After three ground runs of engine and 5 or 6 mintues into the flight pilot experienced sudden engine shudder, a noticeable reduction in power and reduction in oil pressure. Switching fuel tanks had no effect to power output, nor did changes in throttle. Pilot landed aircraft on road safely. Subsequent inspection revealed #1 cylinder with no compression and piston stationary. Metal contamination in sump including #1 connecting rod with remains of rod-cap. Piston broken at pin-boss. Rod nut split and rod bolt 643112 broken.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)FIRST FLIGHT FOLLOWING MAJOR OVERHAUL. AFTER THREE GROUND RUNS OF ENGINE AND 5 OR 6 MINTUES INTO THE FLIGHT PILOT EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ENGINE SHUDDER, A NOTICEABLE REDUCTION IN POWER AND REDUCTION IN OIL PRESSURE. SWITCHING FUEL TANKS HAD NO EFFECT TO POWER OUTPUT, NOR DID CHANGES IN THROTTLE. PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT ON ROAD SAFELY. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION REVEALED #1 CYLINDER WITH NO COMPRESSION AND PISTON STATIONARY. METAL CONTAMINATION IN SUMP INCLUDING #1 CONNECTING ROD WITH REMAINS OF ROD-CAP. PISTON BROKEN AT PIN-BOSS. ROD NUT SPLIT AND ROD BOLT 643112 BROKEN.