What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On November 28, 2018 at 2325 CDT, a Beech F33A, N550L privacy data omitted encountered an engine failure at approximately 800 feet AGL after takeoff from addison airport Texas. The aircraft engine started running rought. Smoke was coming into the cockpit and the aircraft windshield was covered with oil. The pilot stated that he started looking for a place to land, and then the engine quit. The aircraft landed in a wheat field in Gunter, Texas gayson county. The crew evacuated the aircraft without injury and there was no damage to the aircraft.
An inspection of the engine compartment revealed three holes in the crankcase and the engine compartment was covered with oil. The number 2, 4 and number 6 engine piston punched holes in their respective crankcase. The connecting rods main bearing journals surface burned and damaged or welded from oil starvation and intense heat. The engine destroyed.
As the FAA filed it
ON NOVEMBER 28, 2018 AT 2325 CDT, A BEECH F33A, N550L ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ENCOUNTERED AN ENGINE FAILURE AT APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET AGL AFTER TAKEOFF FROM ADDISON AIRPORT TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGHT. SMOKE WAS COMING INTO THE COCKPIT AND THE AIRCRAFT WINDSHIELD WAS COVERED WITH OIL. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE STARTED LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO LAND, AND THEN THE ENGINE QUIT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A WHEAT FIELD IN GUNTER, TEXAS GAYSON COUNTY. THE CREW EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.
AN INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT REVEALED THREE HOLES IN THE CRANKCASE AND THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS COVERED WITH OIL. THE NUMBER 2, 4 AND NUMBER 6 ENGINE PISTON PUNCHED HOLES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CRANKCASE. THE CONNECTING RODS MAIN BEARING JOURNALS SURFACE BURNED AND DAMAGED OR WELDED FROM OIL STARVATION AND INTENSE HEAT. THE ENGINE DESTROYED.
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