# Incident 19951123044859I: Cessna A185E, Hollywood, FL, November 23, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 1995, 11:40 local time
- Place: Hollywood, FL
- Airport: North Perry Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0013° N, 80.2407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH PERRY (HWO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0013&lon=-80.2407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8H (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 31,235 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951123044859I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: SUMMARY STATEMENTS FROM PIC/SOUTHERN REGION OPERATIONS CENTER/PEMBROKE PINES POLICE REPORT/HWO ATC TOWER AT APPROXIMATELY 11:11 AM, 11-23-95, JOHN GILLESPIE JACKSON DEPARTED FROM HWO IN A CESSNA 185, N8H WITH INTENDED FLIGHT TO HIDDEN RIVER NEAR SARASOTA, FL. OVER STATE RD 75 AT APPROX. 1000 FT AGL THE PIC EXPERIENCED FLUCTUATION IN THE AMMETER IND. AND DECIDED TO RTN TO PERRY AIRPORT. DURING CONTACT WITH HWO ATC. THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH & RPM WAS INCREASING ACCORDING TO MR. JACKSON'S STATEMENT. HE REPORTED THAT HE LOST CONTROL OF THE PROPELLER & WAS TRYING TO RTN TO HWO. ATC CLEARED HIM FOR A STRAIGHT IN APPROACH TO LAND ON 9R. AT THAT TIME THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT 600 FT. AND HE WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY IN MAINTAINING ALTITUDE. ACCORDING TO MR. JACKSON'S STATEMENT, THE ENGINE BLEW UP COVERING THE WINDSHIELD WITH OIL AND HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON FLAMINGO ROAD, 5 MILES WEST OF HWO AND APPROX. 50 FEET SOUTH OF PINES BLVD. IN THE SOUTH BOUND LANE. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED A BROKEN #6 ENGINE ROD, WITH A 5 INCH HOLE IN THE MIDCASE. THIS OFFICE HAS REQUESTED THE PTNO OF THE BROKEN #6 ROD FOR COMPLETION OF A MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT FAA FORM 8010-4.

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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