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FAA incident report · Cessna 182Q · Orangecounty, VA · October 14, 2002

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Date
October 14, 2002 · 12:15 local
Place
Orangecounty, VA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
CGATZ
Reported as
Cessna 182Q
Reported engine
Continental O470U
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
180 total5 in this make and model23 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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(-23) On 10/14/2002, a canadian certificated and registered Cessna 182Q departed buffalo, new york, and encountered a radical engine vibration while cruising at 7500 feet enroute to cape hatteras, north carolina. The pilot reduced power and notified ATC of his emergency. The pilot was directed towards the nearest landing strip by ATC. The pilot attempted to advance power several times but the vibration increased. The pilot was unable to maintain altitude or locate the landing strip. The pilot made a successful emergency landing in a bean field on route 604 approximately 12 miles northeast of orange county airport, Virginia. An inspection of the engine revealed that the number one cylinder had separated from the engine. All but one of the cylinder base studs were sheared off. The piston was seized in the cylinder and the piston pin boss is broken. The canadian NTSB and the canadian civil aviation airworthiness inspector with over site responsibilities at the flight school where the aircraft was rented from was notified.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 10/14/2002, A CANADIAN CERTIFICATED AND REGISTERED CESSNA 182Q DEPARTED BUFFALO, NEW YORK, AND ENCOUNTERED A RADICAL ENGINE VIBRATION WHILE CRUISING AT 7500 FEET ENROUTE TO CAPE HATTERAS, NORTH CAROLINA. THE PILOT REDUCED POWER AND NOTIFIED ATC OF HIS EMERGENCY. THE PILOT WAS DIRECTED TOWARDS THE NEAREST LANDING STRIP BY ATC. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO ADVANCE POWER SEVERAL TIMES BUT THE VIBRATION INCREASED. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE OR LOCATE THE LANDING STRIP. THE PILOT MADE A SUCCESSFUL EMERGENCY LANDING IN A BEAN FIELD ON ROUTE 604 APPROXIMATELY 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF ORANGE COUNTY AIRPORT, VIRGINIA. AN INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT THE NUMBER ONE CYLINDER HAD SEPARATED FROM THE ENGINE. ALL BUT ONE OF THE CYLINDER BASE STUDS WERE SHEARED OFF. THE PISTON WAS SEIZED IN THE CYLINDER AND THE PISTON PIN BOSS IS BROKEN. THE CANADIAN NTSB AND THE CANADIAN CIVIL AVIATION AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR WITH OVER SITE RESPONSIBILITIES AT THE FLIGHT SCHOOL WHERE THE AIRCRAFT WAS RENTED FROM WAS NOTIFIED.