# Incident 20030829021919I: Cessna 182P, Reform, AL, August 29, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2003, 08:53 local time
- Place: Reform, AL
- Airport: North Pickens Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3868° N, 88.0066° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH PICKENS (3M8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3868&lon=-88.0066&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21158, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21158) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030829021919I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED MACON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, MS, 20M, IN A CESSNA CE-182-P, N21158, AT 0853 HOURS CDT EN ROUTE TO DEKALB-PEACHTREE, GA, PDK. APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES AFTER TAKE OFF AND SHORTLY AFTER LEVELING OFF AT 3,000' MSL, ENGINE LOST POWER AND A POWER OFF EMERGENCY LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED TO A PLOWED FIELD 6 MILES SE OF NORTH PICKENS, AL, 3M8. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE. PHOTOGRAPHS INDICATED ENGINE THREW A ROD AND A 2 INCH DIAMTER HOLE WAS VISIBLE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ENGINE. PHOTOGRAPHS AND WITNESSES ON SITE INDICATED NO INJURIES AND NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR PROPERTY RESULTED.

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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