# Incident 19980816020959I: Cessna 152, Detroit, MI, August 16, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1998, 09:45 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Detroit Metro Wayne County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2124° N, 83.3534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DETROIT METRO WAYNE COUNTY (DTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2124&lon=-83.3534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5198B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5198B-1998-10-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,050 in this make and model, 364 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980816020959I

## Narrative

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

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.)

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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