# Incident 19990730026459I: Cessna 2105, Sharonville, OH, July 30, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1999, 22:30 local time
- Place: Sharonville, OH
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2806° N, 84.4075° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sharonville, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2806&lon=-84.4075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8261Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8261Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210-5(205) (registry code 2073202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5-205) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-470-S (registry code 17351, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-470-s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 2105
- Reported engine: CONT IO470S
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 536 total, 368 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990730026459I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WITH 3 PAX ON BOARD HAD JUST TAKEN OFF FROM CINCINNATI, OH LUNKEN AIRPORT (LUK) AT APPROX. 2220 ON 7/30/99 ENROUTE TO MIDDLETOWN, OH AIRPORT (MWO). AND APPROX. 10 MIN. INTO THE FLIGHT AT 2300 FT THE ENGINE STARTED VIBRATING EXCESSIVELY AND A LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE WAS NOTED AND OIL COVERED THE ENTIRE WINDSHIELD.  THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY (I-75)  STRIKING AN AUTOMOBILE.  MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE AUTOMOBILE AND AIRCRAFT, WITH NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES TO PASSENGERS OR PILOT.  PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF THE AIRCRAFT SHOWED THAT #6 CYLINDER CONNECTING ROD HAD BROKEN AND SEPARATED FROM THE CRANKSHAFT. NOTE:  TELEDYNE CONTINENTAL MOTORS TO PERFORM TEAR DOWN INSPECTION.

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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