# Incident 20090905050109I: Beech D55, Farmingdale, NY, September 5, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2009, 20:20 local time
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Airport: Republic
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7293° N, 73.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REPUBLIC (FRG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7293&lon=-73.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N211EB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N211EB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D55 (registry code 1152730, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D55
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 350 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090905050109I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20111028028431I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111028028431I), Oct 28, 2011: Beech D55 (N211EB), Decatur, GA, No damage. The pilot of the aircraft received his IFR clearance while parked in the transit aircraft parking location. After receiving his clearance he proceeded to start…

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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