# Incident 20050523010409I: Grtlks 2T1A, Yonkala, OR, May 23, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2005, 13:57 local time
- Place: Yonkala, OR
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N31GL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N31GL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pair Of Jacks 2T-1A (registry code 05626SC, https://openairdocs.org/model/pair-of-jacks-2t-1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Fairchild 6-440 series (registry code 26003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/fairchild-6-440-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRTLKS 2T1A
- Reported engine: FCD 6440*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050523010409I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ DEPARTED FROM COTTAGE GROVE AIRPORT IN ROUTE TO THE ROSEBURG AIRPORT. AT APPROX. TWENTY MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT AT AN ALTITUDE OF 3000 FEET THE ENGINE MADE A LOUD METALLIC NOISE AND PROCEEDED TO LOSE POWER. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ SELECTED AN UNOBSTRUCTED HAY FIELD AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF ENGINE OIL LEAKING FROM THE REAR OF THE ENGINE. A FOLLOW UP INVESTIGATION AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE FAILURE HAS REVEALED THE #6 CONNECTING ROD BROKE.

## Other reports on N31GL (1)

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

- [Incident 20110908019579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110908019579I), Sep 8, 2011: Pair Of Jacks Inc 2T-1A (N31GL), Winston, OR, No damage. The aircraft was forced to land in a field near Winston Oregon because of an engine failure. The pilot was the only person on board. No reported injuries and…

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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