# Incident 20160408002999I: Beech 58, Duncan, OK, April 8, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2016, 13:00 local time
- Place: Duncan, OK
- Airport: Halliburton Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4709° N, 97.9599° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HALLIBURTON FLD (DUC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4709&lon=-97.9599&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15MD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15MD-2018-06-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 16,800 total, 486 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160408002999I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 8, 2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 CDT, N15MD, A BEECHCRAFT 58, WAS PERFORMING A PART 91 FLIGHT INTO HALLIBURTON FIELD AIRPORT (KDUC), LOCATED IN DUNCAN, OK.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM KICKAPOO DOWNTOWN AIRPORT (CWC) LOCATED IN WICHITA FALLS TEXAS. FAA DESIGNATED PILOT EXAMINER (DPE) WAS PERFORMING TRANSPORT PILOT CERTIFICATE PRACTICAL EXAMINATION FOR AN APPLICANT.  PRIOR TO STARTING THE GPS 17 APPROACH INTO KDUC,  BOTH PILOTS HEARD A LOUD BANG AND NOTICED ENGINE OIL AND A CYLINDER CONNECTING ROD STICKING OUT OF THE LEFT ENGINE UPPER COWLING.   THE DPE SECURED ENGINE AND FEATHERED THE PROPELLER.   THE DPE THEN DECIDED TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO KCWC AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT ANY INJURIES.  THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE NUMBER SIX CONNECTING ROD FAILED.

## Other reports on N15MD (1)

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

- [Accident 20160826020449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160826020449A), Aug 26, 2016: Beech 58 (N15MD), Wichita Falls, TX, Substantial damage. 1) Description of deviation: after a normal preflight and run-up the pilot started a takeoff run which was aborted at rotation when the pilot sensed a jam in…

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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