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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 182R · Dalmatia, PA · February 19, 2006

Date: February 19, 2006 · 11:00 local
Place: Dalmatia, PA
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N199P
Reported as: Cessna 182R
Reported engine: Continental O470U
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,995 total3,391 in this make and model69 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The subject aircraft departed (kipt) in VMC conditions enroute to (kcxy) airport, when the pilot observed an oil pressure drop to the red line, 10 minutes after departure. The engine began to shake violently, with loud banging, and then quit. The pilot made a noneventful landing in a farm field. No injuries or property damage resulted. Subsequent investigation revealed the #4 engine connecting rod and piston exited the engine case in the backbone area. The engine has been sent to teledyne Continental motors for an FAA witnessed disassembly inspection. An FAA inspection report will be issued. A follow-up inspection with the operator is planned upon receipt of the report.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT DEPARTED (KIPT) IN VMC CONDITIONS ENROUTE TO (KCXY) AIRPORT, WHEN THE PILOT OBSERVED AN OIL PRESSURE DROP TO THE RED LINE, 10 MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY, WITH LOUD BANGING, AND THEN QUIT. THE PILOT MADE A NONEVENTFUL LANDING IN A FARM FIELD. NO INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE RESULTED. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE #4 ENGINE CONNECTING ROD AND PISTON EXITED THE ENGINE CASE IN THE BACKBONE AREA. THE ENGINE HAS BEEN SENT TO TELEDYNE CONTINENTAL MOTORS FOR AN FAA WITNESSED DISASSEMBLY INSPECTION. AN FAA INSPECTION REPORT WILL BE ISSUED. A FOLLOW-UP INSPECTION WITH THE OPERATOR IS PLANNED UPON RECEIPT OF THE REPORT.