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FAA incident report · Beech A36 · Gainesville, TX · November 9, 2008

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Date
November 9, 2008 · 14:25 local
Place
Gainesville, TX
Airport
Gainesville Municipal
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N29959
Reported as
Beech A36
Reported engine
Continental IO550B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,474 total1,337 in this make and model28 in the last 90 days
N29959Registered now · Beech A36S/N E-2340 · Built 1986Airframe modelBeech A36Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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What happened

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This incident began at cruise flight configuration enroute from ardmore, Oklahoma to dallas, Texas. The IO-550-B engine on this Beech A36 is turbo-normalized. The top of # 5 cylinder split and came off of the engine. The pilot and his wife made an emergency landing at Gainesville Municipal Airport, (gle) gainsville, Texas. The pilot was certain that the eci cylinder that blew was not one affected by an airworthiness directive (AD). The cylinder in question is therefor presumed to be not applicable by the AD. Further investigation will determine applicability or non-applicability of this AD for positive proof. A malfunction defect report is currently pending on this cylinder. This report is closed. (-23 amendment)this incident began at cruise flight configuration enroute from ardmore, Oklahoma to dallas, Texas. The IO-550-B engine on this Beech A36 is turbo-normalized. The top of # 5 cylinder split and came off of the engine. The pilot and his wife made an emergency landing at Gainesville Municipal Airport, (gle) gainsville, Texas. The pilot was certain that the eci cylinder that blew was not one affected by an airworthiness directive (AD). The cylinder in question is therefor presumed to be not applicable by the AD. Further investigation determined that the AD was not applicable to this cylinder but due to clicrical error in the wording of the AD it should have been applicable. A malfunction defect report was reported on this cylinder. A safety recommendation was also submitted. This report is closed.

As the FAA filed it

THIS INCIDENT BEGAN AT CRUISE FLIGHT CONFIGURATION ENROUTE FROM ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA TO DALLAS, TEXAS. THE IO-550-B ENGINE ON THIS BEECH A36 IS TURBO-NORMALIZED. THE TOP OF # 5 CYLINDER SPLIT AND CAME OFF OF THE ENGINE. THE PILOT AND HIS WIFE MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT GAINESVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, (GLE) GAINSVILLE, TEXAS. THE PILOT WAS CERTAIN THAT THE ECI CYLINDER THAT BLEW WAS NOT ONE AFFECTED BY AN AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE (AD). THE CYLINDER IN QUESTION IS THEREFOR PRESUMED TO BE NOT APPLICABLE BY THE AD. FURTHER INVESTIGATION WILL DETERMINE APPLICABILITY OR NON-APPLICABILITY OF THIS AD FOR POSITIVE PROOF. A MALFUNCTION DEFECT REPORT IS CURRENTLY PENDING ON THIS CYLINDER. THIS REPORT IS CLOSED. (-23 AMENDMENT)THIS INCIDENT BEGAN AT CRUISE FLIGHT CONFIGURATION ENROUTE FROM ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA TO DALLAS, TEXAS. THE IO-550-B ENGINE ON THIS BEECH A36 IS TURBO-NORMALIZED. THE TOP OF # 5 CYLINDER SPLIT AND CAME OFF OF THE ENGINE. THE PILOT AND HIS WIFE MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT GAINESVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, (GLE) GAINSVILLE, TEXAS. THE PILOT WAS CERTAIN THAT THE ECI CYLINDER THAT BLEW WAS NOT ONE AFFECTED BY AN AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE (AD). THE CYLINDER IN QUESTION IS THEREFOR PRESUMED TO BE NOT APPLICABLE BY THE AD. FURTHER INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT THE AD WAS NOT APPLICABLE TO THIS CYLINDER BUT DUE TO CLICRICAL ERROR IN THE WORDING OF THE AD IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN APPLICABLE. A MALFUNCTION DEFECT REPORT WAS REPORTED ON THIS CYLINDER. A SAFETY RECOMMENDATION WAS ALSO SUBMITTED. THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.