NTSB investigations: Continental IO-520 series, FL

11 cases on aircraft whose registry engine model is Continental IO-520 series, where the first occurrence was “Loss of engine power”. Aircraft are matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model, so older matches can be wrong.

Cases per year

19822026
NTSB investigations: Continental IO-520 series, FL per year, 1982–2026: 11 cases
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Query with SQL
duckdb -csv -c "SELECT c.\"ntsbNumber\", c.\"eventDate\", c.\"eventType\", c.\"eventCity\", c.\"eventStateOrRegion\", a.n_number, a.\"aircraftMake\", a.\"aircraftModel\", c.\"highestInjuryLevel\", c.\"totalFatal\", c.\"completionStatus\", c.report_url
  FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c.\"mKey\" AND a.position = 1
  WHERE c.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'FL' AND c.\"eventCountry\" = 'USA'
    AND c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('17032')
      AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o.\"occurrenceNumber\" = 1 AND o.\"occurrenceCode\" = 350))
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB MIA05FA130Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportBeech V35 · De Funiak Sprgs, FLThe loss of engine power during cruise flight for an undetermined reason, which resulted in an emergency descent and an in-flight collision with tress and terrain.Jul 3, 2005 · N2056W · Substantial damageNTSB MIA04FA119Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna U206B · Key West, FLA loss of engine power for an undetermined reason during cruise flight, which resulted in the pilot ditching the airplane in ocean waters.Aug 14, 2004 · N3800G · Substantial damageNTSB ATL99LA062Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 210 · Opa Locka, FLThe loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.Mar 30, 1999 · N93111 · Substantial damageNTSB ATL99LA042Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 210N · Hallandale Beac, FLThe loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.Jan 13, 1999 · N5458A · Substantial damageNTSB MIA97LA083Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 210L · Weston, FLa loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor was thew lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.Feb 10, 1997 · N115WL · Substantial damageNTSB MIA96LA215Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 210M · Opa Locka, FLthe pilot's improper fuel management, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel starvation, a forced landing, and subsequent in flight collision with terrain. The lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing was a related factor.Aug 21, 1996 · N732ST · Substantial damageNTSB MIA94LA011Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna AT188B · Zellwood, FLPartial loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.Oct 24, 1993 · N731MF · DestroyedNTSB MIA93LA131Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 210K · Myakka, FLThe failure of the No. 2 piston connecting rod for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident was a forced landing to unsuitable terrain.May 27, 1993 · N8278M · Substantial damageNTSB MIA93LA005Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech A36 · Port St. Lucie, FLTotal loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion caused by poor preflight planning preparation by the pilot in command.Oct 6, 1992 · N17803 · Substantial damageNTSB MIA91LA197Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna A188B · Monticello, FLLoss of engine power due to undetermined reasons and the unsuitable terrain encountered during the forced landing.Aug 10, 1991 · N21684 · Substantial damageNTSB MIA82DA124Accident · No injuriesFinal reportCessna 188 · Alpha, FLThe pilot reported that during takeoff, the engine began running rough at about 1000 ft. he noted that the fuel pressure had increased abnormally and black puffs of smoke were coming out of the exhaust. He dumped his load and gained a small amount of…May 24, 1982 · N53277 · Destroyed