# Incident 20020524013469I: Cessna 150L, Hayward, CA, May 24, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2002, 00:30 local time
- Place: Hayward, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6688° N, 122.0808° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hayward, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6688&lon=-122.0808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N104FR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N104FR-2023-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Pilot flight hours: 1,480 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020524013469I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APPROACH TO OAKLAND 27R AT 900 FEET, ENGINE RPM 2400. PILOT HEARD LOUD BANG AND EXPERIENCED LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A CLOSED SECTION OF INTERSTATE 880 IN SAN LEANDRO. PILOT SUFFERED NO INJURIES. ONLY DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS RH WING TIP CRACK AND COWLING DAMAGE CAUSED BY IMPACT OF CYLINDER FROM THE INSIDE. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED SEPARATION OF NO 2 CYLINDER. FRACTURE OF CYLINDER WAS ABOUT TWO INCHES FROM TOP. NO 4 CYLINDER 4 HOURS PRIOR HAD BEEN REMOVED TO REPAIR OIL LEAK AT BASE. ENGINE MAKE/MODEL CONTINENTAL O-200-A48R. ENGINE/CYLINDER TOTAL TIME 1426.4 HOURS. RECORDS OF LAST 100 HR INSPECTION INDICATED GOOD COMPRESSION.

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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