# Incident 20070616011169I: Cessna 182Q, Pahokee, FL, June 16, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2007, 09:45 local time
- Place: Pahokee, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.8202° N, 80.6620° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pahokee, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.8202&lon=-80.6620&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5401N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5401N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Reported engine: CONT O470U
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 628 total, 89 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070616011169I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 16, 2007 AT APPROXIMATELY 0915 EASTERN STANDARD TIME A CESSNA 182, OPERATING UNDER TITLE CFR 91 DEPARTED NORTH PALM BEACH COUNTY AIRPORT (KF45). ONE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE ONBOARD. THE WEATHER WAS VMC AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED BY THE LOCAL CIVIL AIR PATROL (CAP) FOR THE PURPOSE OF A CADET ORIENTATION FLIGHT. AT ABOUT 0945, A SEVERE VIBRATION BEGAN TO DEVELOP ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTH OF PORT MAYACE, FLORIDA AT AN ALTITUDE OF 2700 FEET. THE ENGINE COWLING THEN SEPARATED FROM THE LEFT NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT, FOLLOWED BY PARTIAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND PROCEEDED TO LAND AT PAHOKEE AIRPORT (KPHK). UPON LANDING, THE RIGHT MAIN TIRE WAS BLOWN OUT DUE TO HIGHER THAN NORMAL BRAKING REQUIRED BECAUSE THE ENGINE WOULD NOT POWER DOWN COMPLETELY. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION, THE LEFT FORWARD ENGINE CYLINDER WAS FOUND TO HAVE SEPARATED FROM THE ENGINE CRANKCASE CAUSING THE POWER LOSS. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT THE HARDWARE MOUNTING, THE OTHER CYLINDERS OF THE LEFT BANK WERE FINGER TIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD PREVIOUSLY UNDERGONE MAINTENANCE AT A LOCAL TITLE 14 CFR 145 REPAIR STATION. THE ACCOUNTABLE MANAGER FOR THE REPAIR STATION STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS ON VACATION HIS CHIEF INSPECTOR INSTALLED THE LEFT BANK OF ENGINE CYLINDERS, THEN TERMINATED HIS EMPLOYMENT ON HIS OWN BEHALF SHORTLY AFTERWARD. THE RIGHT BANK OF ENGINE CYLINDERS WAS INSTALLED BY A DIFFERENT MECHANIC. THE ACCOUNTABLE MANAGER ADMITTED THAT THE INSTALLATION OF LEFT BANK OF ENGINE CYLINDERS WAS NOT VERIFIED BEFORE RETURNING THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE.

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