20221110017569I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cirrus Design SR22T · Gonzales, LA · November 10, 2022

Date
November 10, 2022 · 10:00 local
Place
Gonzales, LA
Airport
Louisiana Regional
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N217SY
Reported as
Cirrus Design SR22T
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-550-K
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

Aircraft lost power due to engine failure, number 4 cylinder threw a rod, and punctured a hole through the top of the engine case, pilot pulled caps and aircraft floated down to earth.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LOST POWER DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE, NUMBER 4 CYLINDER THREW A ROD, AND PUNCTURED A HOLE THROUGH THE TOP OF THE ENGINE CASE, PILOT PULLED CAPS AND AIRCRAFT FLOATED DOWN TO EARTH.