# Incident 20181128024689I: Beech F33A, Gunter, TX, November 28, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 28, 2018, 23:25 local time
- Place: Gunter, TX
- Airport: N/A
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4163° N, 96.8208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gunter, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4163&lon=-96.8208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N550L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N550L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F33A (registry code 1151425, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F33A
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL BE33
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181128024689I

## Narrative

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

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.

## Other reports on N550L (1)

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

- [Incident 20081228853709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081228853709I), Dec 28, 2008: Beech F33A (N550L), Dallas, TX, Minor damage. On December 28, 2008 at 1259L, pilot [privacy data omitted] landed N550L (F33A Beech bonanza) registered to [privacy data omitted], at Addison Airport (ADS)…

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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