- Date
- September 14, 1988, 19:30 local (Sep 15, 1988, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Davenport, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6917QBeech A23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880914038599A
- Case key
- 34642
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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
The PIC said there was a loud metallic explosion in the engine compartment. When the acft was about 7 miles from the destination apt and beginning a descent. The aircraft began vibrating violently and the windshield became covered with engine oil. Attempts were made by the control tower to vector the acft to the airport, but the plt was unable to make visual contact. He elected to land on a lighted city street. He attempted to land beyond a point where traffic was waiting for a signal to change, but as he passed by the traffic lights the traffic began to move forward. He applied full flaps pulled back on the control wheel, ballooned back into the air, struck some wires, then hit the terrain and slid to stop, sideways, minus the ldg gear. The gear had been sheared off. Post accident investigation revealed a catastrophic engine failure due to a connecting rod.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6917Q
- Reported as
- Beech A23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MA 277
- Airframe hours
- 1,228
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A2B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Erickson Lane M.
- Registered owner
- Erickson, Lane M
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 20, 1987 · 65 hours before
- Departed
- Y49 · Walker, MN
- Destination
- MLI · Moline, IL
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 250 total · 53 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLI, 7 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.