# Accident 20050523011499A: Cessna R182, New Fairfield, NT, May 23, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2005, 11:20 local time
- Place: New Fairfield, NT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N756PN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N756PN-2006-05-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- Reported engine: LYC O540J3C5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050523011499A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM MALONE, NY TO ISLIP, NY ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN. AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED LOW OIL PRESSURE WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 4000'. THE PILOT NOTIFIED ATC OF THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM AND REQUESTED GUIDANCE TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT. ATC DIRECTED THE AIRCRAFT TO DANBURY, CT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES LATER, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE HAD SEIZED AND HE HAD LOST ALL POWER. THE PILOT INDICATED THAT HE WOULD BE UNABLE TO MAKE IT TO DANBURY AIRPORT AND WOULD ATTEMPT A LANDING IN A FIELD AT A SCHOOL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO LAND IN THE FIELD AND IMPACTED TREES AND THEN THE GROUND. FIRE ENGULFED THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE DECEASED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N756PN (1)

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

- [Incident 19991031031159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991031031159I), Oct 31, 1999: Cessna R182 (N756PN), Islip, NY, Minor damage. (-23) The aircraft, a CE-182RG, N756PN, was on an instrument approach to runway 24 at Islip macarthur (isp) airport. The PIC performed his before landing…

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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