# Accident 20010217001849A: Cessna 182H, Weaver, AL, February 17, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 2001, 10:36 local time
- Place: Weaver, AL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7556° N, 85.8083° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7556&lon=-85.8083&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8556S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8556S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182H (registry code 2072718, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,239 total, 800 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA01LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA081) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010217001849A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT THE ENGINE STARTED TO BACKFIRE AND RUN ROUGH. HE CIRCLED A LARGE FIELD AND MADE AN LANDING. ON ROLL OUT AFTER THE ALNDING THE A/C HIT A DITCH AND THE NOSE GEAR WAS BROKEN OFF FROM THE A/C. THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FIRE WALL AND ENGINE COWLING. NO INJURIES REPORTED.(.19)ON FEBRUARY 17, 2001, ABOUT 1036 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 182H, N8556S, REGISTERED TO AN INDIVIDUAL, SEPARATED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WHILE MAKING A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD, FOLLOWING LOSS OF ENGINE POWER NEAR WEAVER, ALABAMA, WHILE ON A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT FROM AUBURN, ALABAMA TO ANNISTON, ALABAMA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME ANDAN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PRIVATE-RATED PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM AUBURN, THE SAME DAY, ABOUT 1000. THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 4,000 FEET, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO "POP" AND LOSE POWER. HE WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE, AND WHILE MAKING A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD, THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH A DITCH DURING LANDING ROLLOUT. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR SEPARATED, AND THE AIRPLANE CAME TO A STOP NOSE DOWN. (.4) THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO "POP" AND LOSE POWER. HE WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH A DITCH AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR SEPARATED. POSTCRASH EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE SHOWED THE NO. 4 CYLINDER INTAKE PUSH ROD HOUSING WAS DENTED INWARD AND THE PUSH ROD HAD RUBBED ON THE HOUSING AND FAILED. IT WAS NOT DETERMINED WHEN THE DENT WAS MADE IN THE PUSH ROD TUBE.

## 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 MIA01LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA081), Feb 17, 2001: Cessna 182H (N8556S), Weaver, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: Damage to the No. 4 cylinder intake valve push rod tube at an undetermined time which resulted in the push rod rubbing on the push rod tube and failing due to wear, resulting in loss of engine power…

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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