# Incident 19980502013129I: Cessna 172, Lincoln Co, ID, May 2, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1998, 11:17 local time
- Place: Lincoln Co, ID
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N6362E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6362E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 998 total, 600 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980502013129I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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