# Incident 19970921038289I: Cessna 182K, Needles, CA, September 21, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 1997, 08:15 local time
- Place: Needles, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8136° N, 114.6266° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Needles, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8136&lon=-114.6266&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2789Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2789Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182K (registry code 2072724, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182K
- Reported engine: CONT O470U
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 158 total, 55 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/19970921038289I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 09/12/97, MR. STROOBANT DEPARTED LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ. AIRPORT AT 0805 AT 6500 MSL THE ENGINE STARTED MISSING AND WITHIN SECONDS THE ENGINE THREW A PIECE OF METAL THROUGH THE ENGINE CASE AND COWLING. MR. STROOBANT CONTACTED LA CENTER, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND LANDED IN THE DESERT 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEEDLES, CA. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE NUMBER 4 CYLINDER CONNECTING ROD FAILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE, AND NO INJURIES TO THE THREE OCCUPANTS. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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