# Incident 20040117001629I: Cessna A150L, Casa Grande, AZ, January 17, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2004, 10:00 local time
- Place: Casa Grande, AZ
- Airport: Casa Grande Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9549° N, 111.7668° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CASA GRANDE MUNI (CGZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9549&lon=-111.7668&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9903G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9903G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A150L (registry code 2071828, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150L
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 350 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040117001629I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING ENROUTE FROM MARANA AIRPORT (AVQ) TO CASA GRANDE (CGZ) GIVING A STUDENT A FAM. RIDE. THE ENGINE BLEW UP SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AT CASA GRANDE. THE INSTRUCTOR SET THE AIRCRAFT DOWN SHORT OF THE RUNWAY, SUSTAINING NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE #1 CONNECTING ROD BEARING HAD SPUN AND BLOCKED OIL PRESSURE TO THE BEARING. THE ROD LET GO OF THE CRANK AND CAUSED THE #2 CONNECTING ROD TO LET GO AND COME THRU THE TOP OF THE CASE. THE ENGINE HAD 1500 HOURS ON IT SINCE A MAJOR OVERHAUL. SUSPECT THAT THE BEARING ROD HAD WORN ENOUGH TO ALLOW IT TO SPIN.

## Other reports on N9903G (2)

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

- [Accident 19970726023629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970726023629A), Jul 26, 1997: Cessna A150L (N9903G), Quartzsite, AZ, Substantial damage. Student unable find fueling airport panicked due low fuel. Elected land city stret. Hit signpost.
- [Incident 19940121000829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940121000829I), Jan 21, 1994: Cessna A150L (N9903G), Tucson, AZ, Minor damage. Narrative: on jan. 21, 1994, N9903G was practicing take offs and landings at Ryan airport when it ran off the side of the runway and experienced minor damage…

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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