# Incident 20020921032509I: Amrgen AA5B, Bellfonte, PA, September 21, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2002, 16:05 local time
- Place: Bellfonte, PA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9142° N, 77.7682° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bellefonte, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9142&lon=-77.7682&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28665 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMRGEN AA5B
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4K
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 800 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020921032509I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N28665 DEPARTED UNV ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WITH A DESTINATION OF THV. APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF, THE PILOT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH. THE ENGINE ROUGHNESS INCREASED AND THEN #3 CYLINDER BLEW OFF THE ENGINE. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY TO NEW YORK CENTER AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING VECTORED BACK TO UNV WHEN THE ENGINE LOST OIL PRESSURE. THE PILOT KNEW THAT HE COULD NOT GET BACK TO UNV AND ELECTED TO LAND ON INTERSTATE 99, A CLOSED HIGHWAY. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE FORCED LANDING AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT NOR PASSENGERS. SUBMISSION OF A MALFUNCTION DEFECT REPORT WILL CLOSE THIS REPORT.

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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