# Incident 20221217021009I: Cessna TU206G, Kibler, AR, December 17, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 2022, 11:00 local time
- Place: Kibler, AR
- Airport: Ft. Smith
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3366° N, 94.3661° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT SMITH RGNL (FSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3366&lon=-94.3661&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4887Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4887Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206G (registry code 2073357, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 288 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221217021009I

## Narrative

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

INCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS CLIMBING 8000 FT MSL TO 10,500 FT MSL NORTH EAST OF THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT FT. SMITH ARKANSAS (KFSM) WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED TO SPUTTER INTERMITTENTLY WITH SPIKES IN OIL PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE FOLLOWED BY A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE ENGINE. THIS LED TO SMOKE AND FUMES IN THE COCKPIT. THE PILOT VENTED THE AIRCRAFT CABIN AND PERFORMED A FORCED LANDING ON A FARM ROAD SOUTH EAST OF KIBLER ARKANSAS. THE PILOT WAS UNHURT AND THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO COWLING AS A RESULT OF ENGINE DEBRIS PENITRATION AND BURN DAMAGE TO THE COMPOSITE NOSE INLET COWL. UPON FAA INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FORWARD TOP OF THE ENGINE CRANKCASE HAD A HOLE APPROXIMATELY 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER.

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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