# Incident 20020430014899I: Cessna T337G, Dallas, TX, April 30, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2002
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- 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: N300, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T337G (registry code 2075726, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t337g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T337G
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 650 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020430014899I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE INFLIGHT BETWEEN RBD AND DAL EXPERIENCED CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE ON FRONT ENGINE. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION REVEALED SIX INCH HOLE IN TOP OF CASE BETWEEN 1 & 2 CYLINDERS, RODS 1 AND 2 SEPARATED FROM ROD CAPS. SPIROLLETIC ROD NUTS SPUN OFF OF ROD BOLTS AND WERE FOUND IN SUMP. CRANKCASE SUMP TUBE CONTAINED CRANKSHAFT AND COUNTERWEIGHT BUSHING MATERIAL FROM ONE COUNTERWEIGHT PAD, THE OTHER PAD AND COUNTERWEIGHT WERE FOUND IN PIECES IN OIL SUMP PAN. ENGINE HAD 309 HOURS SINCE FACTORY REBUILT.

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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