# Incident 20250108005399I: Beech 35-33, Tallahassee, FL, January 8, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 2025, 16:40 local time
- Place: Tallahassee, FL
- Airport: Tallahassee International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3968° N, 84.3509° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TALLAHASSEE INTL (TLH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3968&lon=-84.3509&mi=10
- Aircraft: N934T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N934T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-33 (registry code 1151402, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35-33
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL IO-470-K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 5,395 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250108005399I

## Narrative

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

THIS WAS THE THIRD FLIGHT SINCE THE ENGINE WAS MAJOR OVERHAULED. AFTER APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR OF FLIGHT AT 3,500’ ABEAM KTLH, THE ENGINE DEVELOPED ROUGHNESS AND, WITHIN SEVERAL SECONDS, A LOUD ‘POP’ WAS HEARD. UNTIL THIS POINT, ALL ENGINE INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. PIC DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND REQUESTED AND RECEIVED AN IMMEDIATE LANDING CLEARANCE. HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT. A PRELIMINARY INSPECTION INDICATED A CONNECTING ROD SEPARATED AND PENETRATED THE CRANKCASE.

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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