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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172 · Lincoln Co, ID · May 2, 1998

Date: May 2, 1998 · 11:17 local
Place: Lincoln Co, ID
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6362E
Reported as: Cessna 172
Reported engine: Continental O300D
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 998 total600 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N6362ERegistered now · Cessna 172S/N 46462 · Built 1959 Airframe modelCessna 172 Engine modelContinental 0-300 seriesReciprocating

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 in cruise flight, pilot heard a thump followed by engine vibration. Pilot saw oil access door open, tried to add power, no help. Pilot declared emergency to twin falls ATC and landed on state hwy. 24, mile post 38:8 without incident. Aircraft damage was an engine cylinder separated from the engine, nothing else. Mdr will be filled out by bob squire of squire aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT, PILOT HEARD A THUMP FOLLOWED BY ENGINE VIBRATION. PILOT SAW OIL ACCESS DOOR OPEN, TRIED TO ADD POWER, NO HELP. PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY TO TWIN FALLS ATC AND LANDED ON STATE HWY. 24, MILE POST 38:8 WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS AN ENGINE CYLINDER SEPARATED FROM THE ENGINE, NOTHING ELSE. MDR WILL BE FILLED OUT BY BOB SQUIRE OF SQUIRE AIRCRAFT.