# Accident 20030705015829A: Cessna 182J, Silverwood, ID, July 5, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2003, 14:18 local time
- Place: Silverwood, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.9011° N, 116.7286° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9011&lon=-116.7286&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3367F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3367F-2007-04-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182J (registry code 2072722, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182J
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 462 total, 15 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA03LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA129) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030705015829A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 07-05-03 AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 HRS LOCAL TIME, MR. KENNETH ELFORD, A PRIVATE PILOT DEPARTED THE COEUR'D ALENE, ID AIRPORT (COE) IN N3367F, A CE-182-J WITH TWO PASSENGERS ON A LOCAL SCENIC FLIGHT. WHILE AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROX. 4400 FEET MSL NEAR SILVERWOOD, ID, THE PILOT REPORTED A LOUD CLANK FOLLOWED BY A LOSS OF POWER. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE ON A GRAVEL ROAD. THE NOSE GEAR COLLIDED WITH A CULVERT RESULTING IN A COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR AND THE AIRCRAFT COMING TO REST NOSE DOWN IN A DRAINAGE DITCH WITH RIGHT AND LEFT WING TIP DAMAGE, PROPELLER DAMAGE AND A DAMAGED FIREWALL. TWO HOLES WERE FOUND NEAR THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE, NO. 5 AND 6 CONNECTING RODS WERE SEPARATED FROM THE CRANKSHAFT. BOTH CONNECTING RODS AND CAPS WERE RECOVERED WITH PORTIONS OF THE CONNECTING ROD BOLTS. ONE CONNECTING ROD BOLT NUT WAS FOUND IN THE CRANKCASE INTACT WITH RELATIVELY UNDAMAGED THREADS. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THE NUT CAME OFF THE ROD BOLT LEADING TO THE ROD CAP FAILURE. NUTS ARE THE CASTELLATED TYPE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF USE OF A COTTER PIN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA03LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA129), Jul 5, 2003: Cessna 182J (N3367F), Athol, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of one of the number five connecting rod cap bolts during cruise flight due to the associated number five rod cap bolt nut being insufficiently torqued at the last major overhaul. Factors…

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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