# Incident 20000217003919I: Cessna TR182, Colorado Spring, CO, February 17, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 2000, 14:40 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: City Of Colorado Springs Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6901° N, 104.7492° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6901&lon=-104.7492&mi=10
- Aircraft: N155HC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- Reported engine: LYC O540L3C5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,181 total, 114 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN00IA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00IA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000217003919I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 17, 2000, AT 1440 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA TR 182, REGISTERED AS N155HC, WAS NOT DAMAGED DURING A FORCED LANDING AT FORT CARSON MILITARY RESERVATION, COLORADO. THE FORCED LANDING WAS PRECIPITATED BY A LOSS  OF ENGINE POWER.  THE PRIVATE PILOT (SOLE OCCUPANT) WAS NOT INJURIED AND THERE WAS NO FIRE.  THE TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM PUEBLO, COLORADO, TO COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO.  VISUAL METEOROLGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED.  INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER LANDING REVEALED THAT THE NUMBER 6 CONNECTING ROD HAD EXITED THE CASE.  THE DAY PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT, THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED AT WALSENBURG, COLORADO DUE TO THE LOSS OF THE TURBOCHARGER.  ALTHOUGH AN A&P MECHANIC HAD MADE REPAIRS, NO FERRY PERMIT WAS ISSUED FOR THE FLIGHT FROM PUEBLO TO COLORADO SPRINGS FOR FURTHER REPAIR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN00IA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00IA052), Feb 17, 2000: Cessna TR182 (N155HC), Fort Carson, CO, incident, no damage. Probable cause: The pilot electing to fly the aircraft with known deficiencies which resulted in a catastrophic engine failure. Factors were a connecting rod failure, and low engine oil level.

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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