# Incident 20160609009669I: Cessna 337, Kennett, MO, June 9, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2016, 16:33 local time
- Place: Kennett, MO
- Airport: Kennett Memorial
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2259° N, 90.0366° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KENNETT MEML (TKX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2259&lon=-90.0366&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2279X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2279X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337 (registry code 2075702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 10,579 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160609009669I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 09, 2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 1633 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, N2279X, A CESSNA 337, WAS ON A 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 FLIGHT FROM CAPE GIRARDEAU REGIONAL AIRPORT (KCGI) TO WEST MEMPHIS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KAWM) WITH NO PASSENGERS ONBOARD.  N2279X DECLARED AN EMERGENCY TO MEMPHIS ARTCC WHEN THE #1 ENGINE FAILED, THE FLIGHT WAS DIVERTED TO KENNETT MEMORIAL (KTKX) AND LANDED  WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

THE FAA CONTACTED THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) OF N2279X BY TELEPHONE ON JUNE 10, 2016. PILOT STATED DURING HIS FLIGHT HE HAD LOW POWER WITH THE #1 ENGINE AT WHICH POINT THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT KTKX.  THE PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT IS IN PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED BY JEWELL AVIATION IN KENNETT, MO. THE PILOT STATED AFTER THE MECHANIC TROUBLE SHOT THE ENGINE, IT WAS DETERMINED THE NUMBER 5 CYLINDER FAILED. THE NUMBER 5 CYLINDER HAD JUST BEEN OVERHAULED WITHIN THE LAST 28 HOURS BY JOHN JEWELL AVIATION. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS HAND CARRYING THE CYLINDER TO JOHN JEWELL AVIATION FOR WARRANTY WORK.

ON JUNE 14, 2016, THE FAA CONTACTED THE PILOT OF N2279X BY TELEPHONE, PILOT STATED THAT THE JOHN JEWELL AVIATION SAID THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CYLINDER EXCEPT A BROKEN PUSH ROD. JOHN JEWELL AVIATION IS REPAIRING THE CYLINDER.

JOHN JEWELL AVIATION, JEWELL AVIATION, AND JACKSON TENNESSEE AIRCRAFT ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE PUSH ROD TO FAIL, THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE ROCKER AND/OR THE KEEPER AS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE.

FAA REQUESTED PICTURES OF THE DAMAGED CYLINDER, THE ENGINE WITH THE DAMAGED CYLINDER INSTALLED AND AFTER THE DAMAGED CYLINDER WAS REMOVED, AS WELL AS ALL THE DAMAGED PARTS.

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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