# Incident 20031007032249I: Cessna 172M, Vestal, NY, October 7, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 2003, 13:00 local time
- Place: Vestal, NY
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0851° N, 76.0538° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vestal, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0851&lon=-76.0538&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8980V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8980V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031007032249I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 7, 2003, A CE-172-M, N8980V, LOST ENGINE AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON ROUTE 17, IN THE TOWN OF VESTAL, NY. NO INJURIES AND NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD ENGINE VIBRATION, AND THEN SMOKE. ON OCTOBER 14, 2003, PENN YENN AERO DISASSEMBLED ENGINE, MANUFACTURER: LYCOMING, M/N O-360-A4M, S/N L-35329-27A. THE FOLLOWING WAS DISCOVERED DURING THE TEARDOWN: #4 ROD BEARING FAILED RESTRICTING OIL FLOW TO BEARING, THIS CREATED THE CONNECTING ROD AND ROD JOURNAL TO HEAT AND MELT BEARING, THE CONNECTING ROD FAILED FROM HEAT DAMAGE. THE METAL, CONTAMINATION IN THE REMAINING ROD AND MAIN JOURNALS, AND OIL PUMP SHOW THE ENGINE OPERATED WITH THE ROD BEARING FAILING AND ALLOWING METAL TO CIRCULATE THROUGH THE ENGINE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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