# Incident 19960310007719I: Cessna 172N, Allentown, NJ, March 10, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 1996, 14:00 local time
- Place: Allentown, NJ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1786° N, 74.5901° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Allentown, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1786&lon=-74.5901&mi=10
- Aircraft: N733LW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N733LW-1998-07-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 586 total, 300 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960310007719I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE BLM AIRPORT IN VFR CONDITIONS. WHILE ENROUTE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND A SEVERE VIBRATION OCCURRED IN LEVEL FLIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 2900 FT. MSL. THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FARMER'S FIELD WITHOUT INCIDENT. AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT'S ENGINE REVEALED AN UNCONTAINED ENGINE FAILURE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED #3 CYLINDER HAD SEPARATED FROM CRANKCASE CAUSING SUBSEQUENT #3 PISTON FAILURE ALLOWING #3 PISTON CONNECTING ROD TO SEVER CAM SHAFT. ENGINE S/N L-3150-76 WILL UNDERGO TEARDOWN ANALYSIS BY FAA AND LYCOMING. ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION ACCOMPANIED BY SUPERIOR PARTS REPRESENTATIVES ON MARCH 15, 1996. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N733LW (1)

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

- [Accident 19980509008599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980509008599A), May 9, 1998: Cessna 172N (N733LW), West Palm Beach, FL, Substantial damage. Cicling 600AGL. Engine sputtered and failed. Restart unsuccessful. Landed in grove. Condition right for carb ice. (.4) while circling at 600 feet AGL, awaiting…

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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