# Incident 20060910022909I: Cessna 182P, Houston, TX, September 10, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2006
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial Arp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5723J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5723J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT O470S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,347 total, 24 in this make and model, 189 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060910022909I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT. IT HAD JUST REDUCED POWER FOR DESCENT WHEN THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD BANG AND OBSERVED OIL, FROM THE ENGINE, HAD BEGUN TO COVER THE WINDSCREEN. HE NOTIFIED THE TOWER OF A LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE AND THEN MANEUVERED FOR LANDING ON 17R. THE AIRCRAFT HAD AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING AND WAS SHUT DOWN IMMEDIATELY ON THE RUNWAY. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE NUMBER 6 PISTON ROD HAD FAILED AND EXITED THE CRANKCASE AT THE TOP SIDE BETWEEN THE 3RD AND 6TH SPLIT LINE BOLTS. THE PILOT'S STATEMENT SAYS THAT HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DURING THIS EMERGENCY EVALUATION.

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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