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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech D55 · Farmingdale, NY · September 5, 2009

Date
September 5, 2009 · 20:20 local
Place
Farmingdale, NY
Airport
Republic
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N211EB
Reported as
Beech D55
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total350 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On 09/05/2009 while operating VFR at 7500 from N53 to kfrg, N211EB experience a rough running right engine accompanied by a lost of oil pressure while in flight. The pilot conducted a shutdown of the right engine, informed ATC, continued to destination single engine and land at kfrg without further incident. Investigation of this incident indicated that an internal engine component failed causing the lower half of the connecting rod to exit the engine crankcase between the number 2 and 1 cylinders.

As the FAA filed it

ON 09/05/2009 WHILE OPERATING VFR AT 7500 FROM N53 TO KFRG, N211EB EXPERIENCE A ROUGH RUNNING RIGHT ENGINE ACCOMPANIED BY A LOST OF OIL PRESSURE WHILE IN FLIGHT. THE PILOT CONDUCTED A SHUTDOWN OF THE RIGHT ENGINE, INFORMED ATC, CONTINUED TO DESTINATION SINGLE ENGINE AND LAND AT KFRG WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. INVESTIGATION OF THIS INCIDENT INDICATED THAT AN INTERNAL ENGINE COMPONENT FAILED CAUSING THE LOWER HALF OF THE CONNECTING ROD TO EXIT THE ENGINE CRANKCASE BETWEEN THE NUMBER 2 AND 1 CYLINDERS.

Other reports on N211EB · 1

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