- Date
- June 4, 1989, 10:43 local (15:43 UTC)
- Place
- Gulfport, MS
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9700QBeech A24R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890604064989A
- Case key
- 32445
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Probable cause
Failure of a #2 connecting rod assembly, which resulted in separation of the #2 cylinder and subsequent loss of engine power. Contributing factors were: inadequate maintenance, the transmission (power) line, and trees.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
While cruising in VFR conds on an IFR flt plan, the eng failed & the plt elected to land on a road. As he was making an apch to land, the acft collided with a power line & a tree. An exam of the eng revealed the #2 connecting rod assembly had failed & the #2 cylinder had subsequently separated. According to the acft owner, the acft had previously been involved in a sudden eng stoppage after the nose gear had collapsed. The eng was then overhauled. After about another 15 hrs of opn, the nose gear collapsed again. Subsequently, a die penetrant check & runout of the crankshaft flange was made. According to the eng manufacturer, the installed connecting rods & bearings did not conform to Lycoming svc bulleting #439, dated 2/17/79. The acft had been operated some 200 to 300 hrs since the last eng overhaul (following the 1st gear collapse).
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9700Q
- Reported as
- Beech A24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MC-59
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Capital City Air Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Capitol City Air Service, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Departed
- PNS · Pensacola, FL
- Destination
- BTR · Baton Rouge, LA
- Flight plan
- IFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 451 total · 31 in this make and model · 340 as pilot in command · 57 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GPT, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.