# Incident 20081215856039I: Cessna 182N, Sanford, ME, December 15, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 2008, 12:05 local time
- Place: Sanford, ME
- Airport: Sanford Regional
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4392° N, 70.7742° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sanford, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4392&lon=-70.7742&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92207, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N92207) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182N (registry code 2072730, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182N
- Reported engine: CONT O470P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,250 total, 200 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081215856039I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT ON CROSSCOUNTRY FROM B19 TO LWM.  REACHING 4500 FT CFI NOTICED SMOKE FROM THE COWLING FOLLOWED BY FALLING OIL PRESSURE.  CFI DECIDED TO LAND AT SFM.  CFI CONTACTED PWM APPROACH INFORMED THEM OF ENGINE FAILURE AND PROP STOPPAGE.  ATTEMPTED LANDING ON 25 AT SFM.  STRONG WINDS FORCED THEM TO LAND IN AN OPEN FIELD 3 MILES SHORT OF RUNWAY.  NO DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES FROM LANDING.  AIRCRAFT ENGINE SUSTAINED CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE FROM WHAT APPEARED TO BE THE NUMBER 2 CYLINDER CONNECTING ROD BREACHING THE TOP OF THE ENGINE CASE.  AIRCRAFT WINGS WERE DISASSEMBLED AND AIRCRAFT RELOCATED TO SFM.

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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