# Incident 20000526017039I: Cessna A185E, Burns, OR, May 26, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2000, 17:25 local time
- Place: Burns, OR
- Airport: Burns Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5919° N, 118.9554° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BURNS MUNI (BNO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5919&lon=-118.9554&mi=10
- Aircraft: N694BK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N694BK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185E (registry code 2072818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 700 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000526017039I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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