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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech C24R · Wilmington, NC · October 2, 2004

Date: October 2, 2004 · 16:35 local
Place: Wilmington, NC
Airport: New Hanover County
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N23984
Reported as: Beech C24R
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360A1B6
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,000 total500 in this make and model101 in the last 90 days

N23984Registration cancelled Mar 2, 2018 · Beech C24RS/N MC-471 · Built 1977 Airframe modelBeech C24R Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Aircraft departed ilm and during climb encountered severe vibration. PIC elected to shut engine down due to concerns of the engine breaking from it's mounts. PIC made a safe off airport landing causing no further damage to aircraft and no injuries. PIC indicated that the belly was covered in oil and that the engine crankcase was fractured between the #1 and #2 cylinders. On 10/13/2004 I went to ilm and inspected the aircraft/engine area with the cowling removed. I observed the crankcase to be cracked between #1 and #2 cylinders and a connecting rod nut to be fused to the case at the location of the crack. The engine would not rotate more than 90 degrees in any direction. The oil screen and filter were inspected and found to be clean. There was no measurable oil in the sump. There was a loose oil fitting (5 flats from snug) found on the oil in fitting on the accy. Housing. No oil was noted fwd of the engine baffling. The engine is being returned to Lycoming for analytical diss.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ILM AND DURING CLIMB ENCOUNTERED SEVERE VIBRATION. PIC ELECTED TO SHUT ENGINE DOWN DUE TO CONCERNS OF THE ENGINE BREAKING FROM IT'S MOUNTS. PIC MADE A SAFE OFF AIRPORT LANDING CAUSING NO FURTHER DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES. PIC INDICATED THAT THE BELLY WAS COVERED IN OIL AND THAT THE ENGINE CRANKCASE WAS FRACTURED BETWEEN THE #1 AND #2 CYLINDERS. ON 10/13/2004 I WENT TO ILM AND INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT/ENGINE AREA WITH THE COWLING REMOVED. I OBSERVED THE CRANKCASE TO BE CRACKED BETWEEN #1 AND #2 CYLINDERS AND A CONNECTING ROD NUT TO BE FUSED TO THE CASE AT THE LOCATION OF THE CRACK. THE ENGINE WOULD NOT ROTATE MORE THAN 90 DEGREES IN ANY DIRECTION. THE OIL SCREEN AND FILTER WERE INSPECTED AND FOUND TO BE CLEAN. THERE WAS NO MEASURABLE OIL IN THE SUMP. THERE WAS A LOOSE OIL FITTING (5 FLATS FROM SNUG) FOUND ON THE OIL IN FITTING ON THE ACCY. HOUSING. NO OIL WAS NOTED FWD OF THE ENGINE BAFFLING. THE ENGINE IS BEING RETURNED TO LYCOMING FOR ANALYTICAL DISS.

Other reports on N23984 · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 20140412004919ADescent · Denton, TXOn April 12, 2014, while enroute from kfyv to KT67, [privacy data omitted] was the pilot- in- command of N23984, a Beechcraft sierra, and lost power during an enroute altitude change that resulted in an off airport landing.Apr 12, 2014 · Substantial damage · 1 fatal Accident 19920721026619AStlantic City, NJOn landing runway 22, aircraft bounced, veered right onto grass.Jul 21, 1992 · Reported as Beech 23BEECH · Substantial damage