# Incident 20001209029549I: Beech 36BEECH, Dallas, TX, December 9, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 2000, 12:39 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Dallas Airpark Airport
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7831° N, 96.8067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dallas, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7831&lon=-96.8067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N567DM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 36BEECH
- Reported engine: CONT IO550B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,442 total, 1,840 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001209029549I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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