# Incident 20040111010919I: Cessna 182P, Franklin, TN, January 11, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 2004, 15:15 local time
- Place: Franklin, TN
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9251° N, 86.8689° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Franklin, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9251&lon=-86.8689&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9989E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9989E) (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 O470S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 950 total, 675 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040111010919I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT, IN THE LOCAL AREA OF THE PILOTS HOME BASE, THE AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED A SEVERE VIBRATION. THE PILOT INITIATED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A GRASS FIELD. THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL AND THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE CAME TO A STOP. OIL WAS DRIPPING FROM THE COWLING AREA AND WHEN COWL WAS REMOVED A HOLE WAS FOUND IN THE UPPER CRANK CASE. ENGINE HAS BEEN SENT FOR TEAR DOWN ANALYSIS. INITIAL INVESTIGATION OF THE ENGINE POINTS TO THE POSSIBILITY OF A SPUN BEARING WHICH CAUSED OVERHEATING OF BEARING JOURNAL AND CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE.

## Other reports on N9989E (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20240823012269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240823012269A), Aug 23, 2024: Cessna 182P (N9989E), Stanley, ID, Substantial damage. Aircraft began to taxi from a turf and dirt parking area to departure runway in gusty wind conditions, and while passing between a parked aircraft and a…

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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