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Incident

FAA incident report · Tmpson Naviona · Lewiston, ID · July 17, 1997

Date: July 17, 1997 · 12:03 local
Place: Lewiston, ID
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N4196K
Reported as: Tmpson Naviona
Reported engine: Continental E2254
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,000 total250 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: while on descent to Lewiston, Idaho, the pilot reported to lws ATCT that the engine began running rough and oil was evident on the cowling. Smoke was entering the cockpit and shortly thereafter the engine stopped and an emergency landing was completed in a field adjacent to polk airport. Subsequent field inspection revealed that there were two holes in the engine case. One located between cylinders 1 & 2 and another between cylinders 5 & 6. The engine still had a sufficient amount of oil in the engine case. There was no injury to the occupants or damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: WHILE ON DESCENT TO LEWISTON, IDAHO, THE PILOT REPORTED TO LWS ATCT THAT THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AND OIL WAS EVIDENT ON THE COWLING. SMOKE WAS ENTERING THE COCKPIT AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE ENGINE STOPPED AND AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS COMPLETED IN A FIELD ADJACENT TO POLK AIRPORT. SUBSEQUENT FIELD INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THERE WERE TWO HOLES IN THE ENGINE CASE. ONE LOCATED BETWEEN CYLINDERS 1 & 2 AND ANOTHER BETWEEN CYLINDERS 5 & 6. THE ENGINE STILL HAD A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF OIL IN THE ENGINE CASE. THERE WAS NO INJURY TO THE OCCUPANTS OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.