# Incident 20041002029019I: Beech C24R, Wilmington, NC, October 2, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 2004, 16:35 local time
- Place: Wilmington, NC
- Airport: New Hanover County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2257° N, 77.9447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilmington, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2257&lon=-77.9447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23984, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23984-2018-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C24R (registry code 1151254, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C24R
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 101 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041002029019I

## Narrative

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

(-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 20140412004919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140412004919A), Apr 12, 2014: Beech C24R (N23984), Denton, TX, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. On 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…
- [Accident 19920721026619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920721026619A), Jul 21, 1992: Beech 23BEECH (N23984), Stlantic City, NJ, Substantial damage. On landing runway 22, aircraft bounced, veered right onto grass.

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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