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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna A185E · Burns, OR · May 26, 2000

Date
May 26, 2000 · 17:25 local
Place
Burns, OR
Airport
Burns Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N694BK
Reported as
Cessna A185E
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540J2BD
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,800 total700 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)The pilot of Cessna 185 aircraft, N694BK, operating under FAR 91 fligth rules, reproted unusual engine noises and low oil pressure approximately 15 mintues after departing (bno), Burns, Oregon. He had just requested VFR flight following from salt lake, (ARTCC), a 9500 ft. MSL, before reporting back to them that he was having engine problems and returning to (bno). He made an emergnecy landing on a dirt road at the hell and gone ranch, located approximately 25 miles north of (bno). The aicrraft received no damage during landing and an engine tear down at this point reveals a broken crankshaft along with internal damage to number 1 piston and cylinder assembly. A malfuction or defect report, FAA form 8010-4, will follow.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)THE PILOT OF CESSNA 185 AIRCRAFT, N694BK, OPERATING UNDER FAR 91 FLIGTH RULES, REPROTED UNUSUAL ENGINE NOISES AND LOW OIL PRESSURE APPROXIMATELY 15 MINTUES AFTER DEPARTING (BNO), BURNS, OREGON. HE HAD JUST REQUESTED VFR FLIGHT FOLLOWING FROM SALT LAKE, (ARTCC), A 9500 FT. MSL, BEFORE REPORTING BACK TO THEM THAT HE WAS HAVING ENGINE PROBLEMS AND RETURNING TO (BNO). HE MADE AN EMERGNECY LANDING ON A DIRT ROAD AT THE HELL AND GONE RANCH, LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES NORTH OF (BNO). THE AICRRAFT RECEIVED NO DAMAGE DURING LANDING AND AN ENGINE TEAR DOWN AT THIS POINT REVEALS A BROKEN CRANKSHAFT ALONG WITH INTERNAL DAMAGE TO NUMBER 1 PISTON AND CYLINDER ASSEMBLY. A MALFUCTION OR DEFECT REPORT, FAA FORM 8010-4, WILL FOLLOW.