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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Detroit, MI · August 16, 1998

Date: August 16, 1998 · 09:45 local
Place: Detroit, MI
Airport: Detroit Metro Wayne County
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5198B
Reported as: Cessna 152
Reported engine: Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,050 in this make and model364 in the last 90 days

N5198BRegistration cancelled Oct 28, 1998 · Cessna 152S/N 15283802 Airframe modelCessna 152

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.

Acft was involved in aerial photography, when the engine failed. Pilot made a forced landing on a gravel road. (-5) engine lost oil pressure then failed, pilot made emergency landing, incurring moderate damage to aircraft. The pilot was not injured. Subsequent tear down of engine found cause of failure to be a broken rod end bolt. (Unrestricted bearing oil passage caused loss of oil pressure.)

As the FAA filed it

ACFT WAS INVOLVED IN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY, WHEN THE ENGINE FAILED. PILOT MADE A FORCED LANDING ON A GRAVEL ROAD. (-5) ENGINE LOST OIL PRESSURE THEN FAILED, PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING, INCURRING MODERATE DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. SUBSEQUENT TEAR DOWN OF ENGINE FOUND CAUSE OF FAILURE TO BE A BROKEN ROD END BOLT. (UNRESTRICTED BEARING OIL PASSAGE CAUSED LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE.)