# Incident 20040415009479I: Cessna TR182, April 15, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2004, 17:30 local time
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N757EZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N757EZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TR182 (registry code 2072735, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,040 total, 1,980 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040415009479I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 15, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 MDT, N757EZ, A CE-182-TR182, MADE AN EMERGENCY OFF FIELD LANDING NEAR MORIARTY, NM. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD AND RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A GRASS FIELD SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 66 AND SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE. THE PILOT WAS ENROUTE FROM ROSWELL, NM TO DOUBLE EAGLE II AIRPORT, ALBUQUERQUE, NM WHEN HE NOTICED A DROP IN OIL PRESSURE. MR. ADAMS REDUCED THE POWER AND NOTICED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOW VIBRATING AND SHAKING. MR. ADAMS SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE AND LANDED IN A FIELD. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE ENGINE HAD INTERNALLY FAILED. THIS WAS IDENTIFIED BY PART OF A ROD STICKING OUTSIDE THE ENGINE CASE.

## Other reports on N757EZ (1)

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

- [Incident 20250716008079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250716008079I), Jul 16, 2025: Cessna TR182 (N757EZ), Albuquerque, NM, Minor damage. On July 17th ,2025, at 1855 UTC. A Cessna TR182 flown by the [privacy data omitted] operator suffered a nose gear collapse at aeg (Double Eagle Airport) during…

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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