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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182Q · Hurricane, WV · October 16, 2000

Date: October 16, 2000 · 10:35 local
Place: Hurricane, WV
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N735PU
Reported as: Cessna 182Q
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,473 total600 in this make and model40 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)Aircraft was in an IFR flight from richmond/ashland, VA (ofp) to ashland, KY (dwu). After passing charleston, WV at 4000 ft. the aircraft lost power. The pilot reported the power loss to charleston ATCT and received vectors to ona, WV (12V). At this time the pilot heard a mechanical thud from the engine and the engine quit. The pilot made an emergency landing in a field causing minor damage to the aircraft. Post incident investigation revealed that the oil filter cap was not installed and the oil level was at "zero". Oil was evident at the engine oil breather vent tube exit area. The engine was run until engine oil exhaustion where upon the number 5 cylinder connecting rod broke causing damage to the crank case and subsequent engine seizure.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)AIRCRAFT WAS IN AN IFR FLIGHT FROM RICHMOND/ASHLAND, VA (OFP) TO ASHLAND, KY (DWU). AFTER PASSING CHARLESTON, WV AT 4000 FT. THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER. THE PILOT REPORTED THE POWER LOSS TO CHARLESTON ATCT AND RECEIVED VECTORS TO ONA, WV (12V). AT THIS TIME THE PILOT HEARD A MECHANICAL THUD FROM THE ENGINE AND THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. POST INCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE OIL FILTER CAP WAS NOT INSTALLED AND THE OIL LEVEL WAS AT "ZERO". OIL WAS EVIDENT AT THE ENGINE OIL BREATHER VENT TUBE EXIT AREA. THE ENGINE WAS RUN UNTIL ENGINE OIL EXHAUSTION WHERE UPON THE NUMBER 5 CYLINDER CONNECTING ROD BROKE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE CRANK CASE AND SUBSEQUENT ENGINE SEIZURE.