# Incident 19940113006109I: Cessna R172K, Owings Mills, MD, January 13, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 1994, 06:20 local time
- Place: Owings Mills, MD
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4105° N, 76.7894° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Owings Mills, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4105&lon=-76.7894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N758LC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N758LC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172K (registry code 2072431, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172K
- Reported engine: CONT IO360A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,350 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940113006109I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: FLIGHT WAS TO REPORT ON TRAFFIC ON THE BELTWAY AROUND BALTIMORE WHEN THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD POP. THE ALTIMETER LIGHT CAME ON AND ENGINE OIL PRESSURE SHOWED LOW AND THE TACHOMETER DROPPED TO ZERO. THE PILOT CLIMBED IMMEDIATELY TO 2500 FEET AND FLEW TO A LIGHTED AREA (NIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED) WHERE A SAFE LANDING COULD BE MADE. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. THE PILOT TRIMMED TO APPROACH SPEED AND LANDED ON ROUTE 795 NEAR OWNINGS MILLS, MD. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS. FIVE QUARTS OF OIL WERE INDICATED ON THE ENGINE DIPSTICK. AN ODOR OF BURNED OIL WAS EVIDENT EMITTING FROM COWLING. REMOVED COWLING, INSPECTED EXTERIOR TO ENGINE. NO UNCONTAINED FAILURE. AN INTERIOR FAILURE IN THE ACCESSORY GEARBOX SECTION PARTIALLY DISABLED THE OIL PUMP, RESULTING IN THE ENGINE SEIZING.

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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