# Incident 20000131002769I: Cessna 182F, Wichita Falls, TX, January 31, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 2000, 17:00 local time
- Place: Wichita Falls, TX
- Airport: Kickapoo Downtown Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9137° N, 98.4934° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita Falls, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9137&lon=-98.4934&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3320U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3320U-2018-01-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182F (registry code 2072714, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182F
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- Pilot flight hours: 322 total, 270 in this make and model, 87 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000131002769I

## Narrative

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

(-5) ON JANUARY 31, 2000, AT 1700 A CESSNA 182F, N332OU, OWNED BY WILLIAM EDWARD WARNOCK, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHILE DESCENDING THRU 2500 FEET TO LAND AT WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, KICKAPOO DOWNTOWN AIRPORT (T47) A LOUD REPORT FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OCCURRED AND THE ENGINE QUIT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED IN AN OPEN FIELD WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE COWLING AS RESULT OF THE ENGINE CYLINDER COMING LOOSE FROM ENGINE BLOCK. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE FLIGHT THAT ORIGINATED FROM GRAND PRAIRIE MUNI (GPM) ON JANUARY 31, 2000, AT 1615 TO WICHITA FALLS TEXAS. THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR FOR THE ENTIRE ROUTE. THE PILOT WAS WILLIAM EDWARD WARNOCK PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE #464459567.

## Other reports on N3320U (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20100401030979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100401030979A), Apr 1, 2010: Cessna 182F (N3320U), Wichita Falls, TX, Destroyed. On April 1, 2010, at approximately 1800 CDT, the pilot and sole occupant taxied N3320U, a Cessna model 182F, to the run up area of runway 17 at Kickapoo…
- [Incident 19800903068399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800903068399I), Sep 3, 1980: Cessna 182 (N3320U), Sterling, CO, Minor damage. Student pilot lost directional control after landing.
- [Accident 19750911029139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750911029139A), Sep 11, 1975: Cessna 182F (N3320U), Warrensburg, MO, Substantial damage. Wind shift drg lndg final apch at 80 mph.

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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