# Incident 20071017828629I: Cessna 337G, Titusville, FL, October 17, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2007, 15:00 local time
- Place: Titusville, FL
- Airport: Space Coast Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: OIPA
- Location: 28.5148° N, 80.7992° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPACE COAST RGNL (TIX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5148&lon=-80.7992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N727AS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N727AS-2023-04-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337G (registry code 2075730, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360-G (registry code 17152, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337G
- Reported engine: CONT IO360GB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071017828629I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING USED FOR A LOCAL PART 91 ORIENTATION FLIGHT AND TOUCH & GO LANDING PRACTICE. AFTER THE FLIGHT, THE CREW NOTICED A JAGGED HOLE IN THE WING SKIN, ON THE BOTTOM OF THE RIGHT WING JUST FORWARD OF THE RIGHT AILERON. A SEMI-CIRCULAR INDENTATION WAS ALSO FOUND IN THE LEADING EDGE OF ONE OF THE REAR PROPELLER BLADES. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION BY COMPANY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REVEALED THAT A BOLT (AN4-16A) AND NUT (MS21042L4) USED TO SECURE THE REAR ENGINE MUFFLER TO A BRACE ASSEMBLY WERE MISSING. REVIEW OF THE AIRFRAME LOG REVEALED THAT THE REAR MUFFLER HAD BEEN REPLACED DURING A 100 HOUR INSPECTION, THE DAY BEFORE THE FLIGHT, AND ABOUT TWO FLIGHT HOURS EARLIER. THE MECHANIC WHO SIGNED THE LOGBOOK ENTRY WAS INTERVIEWED REGARDING THE WORK. HE REPORTED THAT HE HAD REINSTALLED THE EXISING BOLT WITH A NEW MS21042L4 SELF-LOCKING NUT, TORQUED IT TO "STANDARD PROPER TORQUE" AND RECHECKED IT FOR PROPER INSTALLATION.

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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