# Incident 19970608013549I: Cessna A185F, Romeo, MI, June 8, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 1997, 22:42 local time
- Place: Romeo, MI
- Airport: Romeo Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8046° N, 83.0026° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Romeo, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8046&lon=-83.0026&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30AW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30AW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 675 total, 60 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/19970608013549I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: MR. ANDERSON WAS ON A PLEASURE TRIP FROM MACKINAW TO HOME AT NEW HAVEN/MACOMB AIRPORT #57D WHILE IN THE ROMEO AREA, HIS PLANE ENGINE HAD A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE, COMPLETELY STOPPING AND FILLING THE CABIN OF THE PLANE WITH SMOKE. HE WAS ABLE TO GLIDE THE PLANE TO THE ROMEO AIRPORT, AND ATTEMPT A LANDING. HE STATES THAT HIS SPEED WAS TOO MUCH, AND HE WAS TOO "LONG" TOUCHING DOWN ON THE SOUTH END OF THE NORTH SOUTH RUNWAY. HIS SPEED WAS STILL TOO FAST TO STOP OR TURN. HE OVERSHOT THE RUNWAY, WENT BACK INTO THE AIR, HITTING THE SOUTH SIDE EMBANKMENT OF 31 MILE ROAD WHERE HIS LANDING GEAR WAS RIPPED FROM THE PLANE. THE PLANE THEN SKIDDED TO A STOP IN A FARM FIELD ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 31 MILE, ABOUT 50 YARDS OFF THE ROAD THE TWO REAR OPPOSING CYLINDERS FAILED, THUS PUNCHING HOLES INTO THE ENGINE CASE, THIS CAUSED THE SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT FOLLOWED BY AN EMERGENCY LANDING.

## Other reports on N30AW (3)

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

- [Accident 20140228003599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140228003599A), Feb 28, 2014: Cessna A185F (N30AW), Fredericksburg, TX, Substantial damage. Pilot encountered heavy wind gust and direct crosswind on takeoff roll causing aircraft to leave the left side of runway. Aircraft then continued to spin to…
- [Incident 20010705016219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010705016219I), Jul 5, 2001: Cessna A185F (N30AW), Pontiac, MI, Minor damage. (-23) VFR weather and surface winds 290 @ 14 gusting to 19 KTS. Pilot made initial landing attempt to runway 27R @ptk. Pilot stated he did not like the…
- [Accident 19780521012529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780521012529A), May 21, 1978: Cessna 414A (N30AW), Oklahoma City, OK, Substantial damage. Pieces of o ring packing lodged in ball check chamber of uplock ator,p/n 5727110-5.

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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