# Incident 20020405018969I: Cessna 170B, Gloucestertwp, NJ, April 5, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 2002, 13:00 local time
- Place: Gloucestertwp, NJ
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N3156A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3156A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 50 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020405018969I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT/AIRCRAFT STATED HE WAS OVER AIRPORT 19N AT 1500 FEET WHEN HE LOST ENGINE OIL PRESSURE. PILOT ALSO STATED HE DID NOT SEE THE AIRPORT BUT HE DID SEE AN OPEN FIELD AND ELECTED TO LAND THERE AFTER SHUTTING THE ENGINE DOWN. ENGINE CAME APART BETWEEN NUMBER 5 AND 6 JUGS, PISTON CONNECTING ROD CAME THRU THE TOP OF THE ENGINE CASE. TIME ON ENGINE (IO-300) 1200 HOURS. AIRCRAFT ENROUTE FROM MHT TO 33N. PILOT DEAD STICKED AIRCRAFT INTO FIELD IN GLOUCESTER TWP, NJ.

## Other reports on N3156A (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19960712016989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960712016989A), Jul 12, 1996: Cessna 170B (N3156A), Lewistown, MT, Substantial damage. Bounced and ground looped landing. Gusty variable crosswind.

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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