# Incident 20001016037879I: Cessna 182Q, Hurricane, WV, October 16, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2000, 10:35 local time
- Place: Hurricane, WV
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4323° N, 82.0167° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hurricane, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4323&lon=-82.0167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N735PU (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,473 total, 600 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001016037879I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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