# Incident 20080711839639I: Beech A36, Olathe, KS, July 11, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2008, 18:07 local time
- Place: Olathe, KS
- Airport: New Century Aircenter
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8309° N, 94.8903° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW CENTURY AIRCENTER (IXD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8309&lon=-94.8903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7243E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7243E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO520A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,089 total, 750 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080711839639I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 11, 2008, AROUND 1745 CDT, AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FOR LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS (FLV), ENROUTE TO DALLAS, TEXAS (DAL).  PILOT STATES THE DURING CLIMB-OUT THROUGH 6500 FEET THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED "A LARGE DROP IN RPM FOLLOWED BY A LARGE THUMP SOUND, 'FOLLOWED BY "SMOKE POURING OUT OF THE COWLING AND INTO THE CABIN."  AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED ON RUNWAY 18 AT NEW CENTURY AIRCENTER (IXD), NEW CENTURY, KANSAS, WITHOUT INCIDENT.  INSPECTION REVEALED SEVERAL LARGE FRACTURES IN THE ENGINE CASE, LOCATED ABOVE THE CONNECTING RODS FOR THE #5 AN #6 CYLINDERS.  DEBRIS EXITING THE ENGINE CASE BROKE BOTH MAGNETOS OFF AT THEIR BASE.  THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME.  THIS INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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