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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Hermiston, OR · July 7, 2009

Date
July 7, 2009 · 14:00 local
Place
Hermiston, OR
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N739WM
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming O360*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
560 total210 in this make and model180 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 PIC said he was descending out of 8,000 feet when he started getting a lot of smoke in the cockpit and oil spraying on the wind screen. The pilot said the engine began to run real rough with a low RPM on the tachometer. The PIC was able to glide the aircraft and land on a road with no damage to the aircaft other than the engine.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PIC SAID HE WAS DESCENDING OUT OF 8,000 FEET WHEN HE STARTED GETTING A LOT OF SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND OIL SPRAYING ON THE WIND SCREEN. THE PILOT SAID THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN REAL ROUGH WITH A LOW RPM ON THE TACHOMETER. THE PIC WAS ABLE TO GLIDE THE AIRCRAFT AND LAND ON A ROAD WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCAFT OTHER THAN THE ENGINE.