# Incident 19950606015179I: Cessna 172G, Alamo, TN, June 6, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 1995, 14:30 local time
- Place: Alamo, TN
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7829° N, 89.1169° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alamo, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7829&lon=-89.1169&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1315F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1315F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950606015179I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: JUNE 6, 1995 AT APPROXIMATELY 1430 LOCAL CDT, C172, N1315F EXPERIENCED A BANGING NOISE AND SEVERE ENGINE VIBRATION. THE ENGINE LOST OIL PRESSURE AND WAS SHUT OFF. IN RESTARTING THE ENGINE THE VIBRATION CAME BACK AND THE OIL PRESSURE WAS VIRTUALLY GONE. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF AND A FORCED FIELD LANDING WAS MADE WITHOUT ANY DAMAGE. THE PILOT, MR. NORVAL E. BAIRD, HAD BEEN FLYING STRAIGHT AND LEVEL PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT ON A RETURN FLIGHT TO DYERSBURG AFTER GIVING INSTRUMENT FLYING INSTRUCTIONS TO MR. JACK C. PERKINS. AIRCRAFT ENGINE INSPECTION FOUND A BROKEN ROD. THE DAMAGED ROD AND PISTON ASSEMBLY WAS SENT TO CONTINENTAL FOR ANALYSIS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. AIRCRAFT SPECIALTIES SERVICES, SENTRY AND JEWELL AIRCRAFT, INC., MAINTENANCE RECORDS FOR PRIOR OVERHAUL WERE SATISFACTORY.

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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