# Incident 20090205000789I: Cessna 150, Wilsonville, OR, February 5, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 2009, 10:50 local time
- Place: Wilsonville, OR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.3113° N, 122.7709° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilsonville, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3113&lon=-122.7709&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6417T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6417T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150 (registry code 2071802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090205000789I

## Narrative

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

DURING CRUISE PILOT FELT AND HEARD EXPLOSION FROM ENGINE.  PILOT MADE IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY LANDING IN OPEN FIELD.  NO INJURIES OR AIRFRAME DAMAGE WAS REPORTED.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED APPROXIMATE 4 INCH BY 6 INCH HOLE IN TOP OF ENGINE CASE WITH LOWER HALF OF #2 CYLINDER CONNECTING ROD ASSEMBLY BROKEN OFF AND PISTON DISENTEGRATED INTO NUMEROUS PIECES. UPPER HALF OF CONNECTING ROD WAS STILL IN #2 CYCLINDER WITH PARTIAL PISTON.  THE MAIN ENGINE BEARINGS HAD RECENTLY BEEN REPLACED ONE FLIGHT HOUR PRIOR TO INCIDENT.  EXACT COMPONENT THAT FAILED IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

## Other reports on N6417T (1)

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

- [Accident 19980707024229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980707024229A), Jul 7, 1998: Cessna 150 (N6417T), Oregon City, OR, Substantial damage. (.4)The pilot stated that he arrived in the vicinity of his airstrip and elected to make an approach from the east. He stated that 'he established on the glide…

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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