20121116027959I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cirrus Design SR22 · Carroll, IA · November 16, 2012

Date
November 16, 2012 · 15:00 local
Place
Carroll, IA
Airport
Carroll
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N268CD
Reported as
Cirrus Design SR22
Reported engine
Continental IO-550 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
655 total304 in this make and model20 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.

Lost #3 cylinder in flight then the engine quit approximately 1-2 minutes later. The pilot completed a soft field landing without incident. When the mechanic attempted to perform a compression check of the cylinders there was no valve movement during the prop pull through, indicating camshaft damage.

As the FAA filed it

LOST #3 CYLINDER IN FLIGHT THEN THE ENGINE QUIT APPROXIMATELY 1-2 MINUTES LATER. THE PILOT COMPLETED A SOFT FIELD LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. WHEN THE MECHANIC ATTEMPTED TO PERFORM A COMPRESSION CHECK OF THE CYLINDERS THERE WAS NO VALVE MOVEMENT DURING THE PROP PULL THROUGH, INDICATING CAMSHAFT DAMAGE.