# Incident 20070814017319I: Cessna 340CESSNA, Nacogdoches, TX, August 14, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2007
- Place: Nacogdoches, TX
- Airport: A L Mangham Jr. Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.5780° N, 94.7095° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at A L Mangham Jr. Regional Airport (OCH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5780&lon=-94.7095&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1597G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1597G-2008-01-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340 (registry code 2076404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340CESSNA
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,800 total, 400 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070814017319I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT AIRRAFT (N1597G CESSNA 340) SAT ON RAMP FOR SEVERAL HOURS PRIOR TO START (RAMP TEMPERATURE WAS 103 DEGREES), STARTED AIRCRAFT ABOUT 1400 AND TAXIED OUT FOR LOCAL FLIGHT. AWOS REPORTED SKY CLEAR, WINDS 110 AT 5 KNOTS, TEMPERATURE 39 C, AND ALTIMETER 29.93. THE RUN UP WAS NORMAL PER PILOT. AFTER GEAR UP RIGHT ENGINE LOST POWER, BUT DID NOT QUIT, (AS TOLD TO INSPECTOR ON SITE), AIRCRAFT YAWED TO THE RIGHT. AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY, PILOT PULLED POWER AND AIRCRAFT SETTLED INTO GRASS ON RIGHT (WEST) OF RUNWAY. ALL 3 BLADES ON BOTH PROPS WERE BENT BACK TOWARD THE ENGINES, AIRCRAFT SLID ABOUT 110 TO 120 YARDS, ON BELLY. IT SHED BOTTOM ROTATING BEACON AND 1 BLADE ANTENNA. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO ANY FLIGHT CONTROL OR ENGINE FIREWALLS.

## Other reports on N1597G (1)

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

- [Accident 19750801023059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750801023059A), Aug 1, 1975: Cessna 340CESSNA (N1597G), Boise, ID, Substantial damage. L tire blew on t/d.departed l side of rwy. Dmgd l prop,both wings.

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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