# Incident 20021014032409I: Cessna 182Q, Orangecounty, VA, October 14, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 2002, 12:15 local time
- Place: Orangecounty, VA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2461° N, 78.0140° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orange County, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2461&lon=-78.0140&mi=10
- Aircraft: CGATZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Reported engine: CONT O470U
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 180 total, 5 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021014032409I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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