# Incident 20101218054209I: Cessna 182R, Audubon, IA, December 18, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2010, 15:30 local time
- Place: Audubon, IA
- Airport: Audubon County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7015° N, 94.9204° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUDUBON COUNTY (ADU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7015&lon=-94.9204&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9758H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9758H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182R (registry code 2072731, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,800 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101218054209I

## Narrative

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

PUBLIC USE AIRCRAFT WAS ON AN AUTHORIZED OBSERVATION MISSION WHEN PILOT REPORTED METAL CLANKING SOUND FROM THE ENGINE AND FALLING OIL PRESSURE.  PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE AN OFF AIRPORT EMERGENCY LANDING.  WHILE ON APPROACH TO THE LANDING SITE, THE ENGINE VIOLENTLY SEIZED, BENDING THE ENGINE MOUNT.  AIRCRAFT COMPLETED LANDING ON A STATE HIGHWAY, AND NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS REPORTED OR OBSERVED.

## Other reports on N9758H (1)

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

- [Incident 19821005069229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821005069229I), Oct 5, 1982: Cessna T182 (N9758H), Odessa, TX. Engine RPM started decaying. Oil and cylinder head temperature increasing. Replaced magneto. Bendix 1D3000.

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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