# Incident 19980827040979I: Cessna 182J, College Station, TX, August 27, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 1998, 20:00 local time
- Place: College Station, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6280° N, 96.3344° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of College Station, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6280&lon=-96.3344&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3337F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3337F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182J (registry code 2072722, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182J
- Reported engine: CONT O470N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 250 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980827040979I

## Narrative

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

(-5)DEPARTED ANDRAU AIRPORT (AAP) HOUSTON, TEXAS, ON VFR FLIGHT DIRECT TO EASTERWOOD FIELD (CLL), COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS. 8MN FROM CLL ENGINE SUFFERED CATASTROPHIC FAILURE WHICH CAUSED VIOLENT VIBRATION.  PILOT SHUT-DOWN ENGINE AND MADE OFF-AIRPORT LANDING ON A COUNTY ROAD.  NO INJURIES TO PEOPLE OR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT OTHER THAN SMALL HOLE IN COWLING.  ENGINE HAD BEEN OVERHAULED 60 HOURS BEFORE FAILURE.  A SUSPECTED UNAPPROVED PARTS INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT ALL PARTS WERE APPROVED.  THIS INVESTIGATION 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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