# Incident 20040501008619I: Beech V35B, Maitland, MO, May 1, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 2004, 08:55 local time
- Place: Maitland, MO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2021° N, 95.0779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Maitland, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2021&lon=-95.0779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77QQ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N77QQ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 832 total, 280 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040501008619I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA (ANE) AROUND 07:00 CDT, ENROUTE TO TOPEKA, KANSAS, (FOE), ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN. PILOT STATES THAT AROUND 08:45 CDT, WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED A VIBRATION, FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY A LOUD "BANG", EMANATING FROM THE ENGINE. VIBRATIION INCREASED AS THE #2 CYLINDER DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT, DAMAGING THE LH COWL AND IMPACTING THE LH WING LEADING EDGE AROUND THE FUEL FILLER OPENING. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED ON HIGHWAY 113, TWO MILES SOUTH OF MAITLAND, MISSOURI, WITHOUT INCIDENT. WINGS WERE REMOVED AND AIRCRAFT WAS TRAILERED TO KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI (MKC) FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIR. NO DEFINITIVE CAUSE OF ENGINE MALFUNCTION AT THIS TIME. NUMBER 2 CYLINDER/PISTON ASSEMBLY NOT AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION. POWERPLANT TO BE SHIPPED TO FAA CERTIFICATED REPAIR STATION FOR COMPLETE TEARDOWN INSPECTION. THIS INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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