# Incident 20011121038409I: Cessna 337C, Pittsburg, KS, November 21, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 2001, 19:55 local time
- Place: Pittsburg, KS
- Airport: Atkinson Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4501° N, 94.7312° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ATKINSON MUNI (PTS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4501&lon=-94.7312&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2569S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2569S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337C (registry code 2075712, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337C
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 404 total, 150 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011121038409I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE FLIGHT OPERATING UNDER CFR 14 PART 91, VFR FLIGHT FOLLOWING WITH KANSAS CITY CENTER, ORIGINATED FROM CONROE TEXAS, AND WAS ENROUTE TO ST. JOSEPH MO. AT 7:55 PM LOCAL TIME, AT 6500 FEET, AND WITH A GROUND SPEED OF 175 KNOTS APPROXIMATELY 16 MILES SOUTH WEST OF PITTSBURG KS, THE PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VIBRATE. A QUICK CHECK OF THE GAUGES INDICATED THE REAR ENGINE WAS RUNNING AT A VERY HIGH RPM. ATTEMPTS TO CONTROL THE RPM WITH THE PROPELLER CONTROL LEVER FAILED, AND THE PILOT THEN SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN BY MIXTURE CONTROL. THE PILOT THEN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE AT THE ATKINSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN PITTSBURG KS. WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR, THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE FOUR OCCUPANTS ON BOARD, BUT THE REAR ENGINE COWLING RECEIVED SOME DAMAGE AS THE REAR ENGINE PROPELLER HAD DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT.

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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