# Incident 19820817044659I: Cessna 182L, Fresno, CA, August 17, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1982, 00:55 local time
- Place: Fresno, CA
- Airport: Air Terminal
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7477° N, 119.7724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fresno, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7477&lon=-119.7724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3181R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3181R-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182L (registry code 2072726, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182L
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820817044659I

## Narrative

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

EN ROUTE ENGINE RAN ROUGH, LOST POWER, PROP WINDMILLED. HOLE IN CRANKCASE AT BASE #3 CYLINDER. #3 PISTON FRAGMENTED

## Other reports on N3181R (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20150126000369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150126000369A), Jan 26, 2015: Cessna 182L (N3181R), Owen, WI, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On January 26, 2015 at 9:28 am CST, N3181R departed menominee county airport enroute to litchfield municipal county airport. Pilot encountered icing conditions…

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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