# Accident 20100318029949A: Cessna 182G, Mount Vernon, MO, March 18, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 2010, 18:23 local time
- Place: Mount Vernon, MO
- Airport: Mount Vernon Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0683° N, 93.8847° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0683&lon=-93.8847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2381R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2381R-2021-10-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182G (registry code 2072716, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 5 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA168) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100318029949A

## Narrative

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

CESSNA 182G N2381R SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE MANEUVERING NEAR MOUNT VERNON, MISSOURI.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE MOUNT VERNON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (2MO) AT AN UNKNOWN TIME. ACCORDING TO THE AIRPLANE OWNER, THE FLIGHT WAS A ROUTINE SKYDIVING FLIGHT WHICH INVOLVED HIMSELF AS THE DIVER WITH A TANDEM STUDENT AND THE PILOT OF THE AIRPLANE.  AFTER REACHING THE JUMP ALTITUDE OF 10,000 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL), THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, A LOUD BANG OCCURRED AND OIL WAS PRESENT ON THE WINDSCREEN.  THE SKYDIVER ELECTED TO JUMP OUT OF THE AIRPLANE WITH THE STUDENT AND LET THE PILOT ATTEMPT A FORCED LANDING TO 2MO.  DURING THE FORCED LANDING, THE AIRPLANE LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY 18 AND IMPACTED HIGHWAY H, THE AIRCRAFT CROSSED THE HIGHWAY, IMPACTED A DITCH AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY AND 450 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN10LA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA168), Mar 18, 2010: Cessna 182G (N2381R), Mount Vernon, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to the failure of the number four connecting rod for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N2381R (1)

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

- [Incident 19980328009889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980328009889I), Mar 28, 1998: Cessna 182G (N2381R), Aurora, MO. Narrative: on March 28, 1998, Mr. Stephen e. bradley operated Cessna 182, N2381R, as pilot in command near Aurora, Missouri. He was returning to the Aurora…

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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