# Incident 20111014024409I: Cessna 182E, San Angelo, TX, October 14, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 2011, 16:01 local time
- Place: San Angelo, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.4638° N, 100.4370° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Angelo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4638&lon=-100.4370&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3250Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3250Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182E (registry code 2072712, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111014024409I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 14, 2011 AT APPROXIMATELY 16:01 CDT, N3250Y, A CESSNA 182, PILOT PLANNED A VFR FLIGHT TO COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, (CLL).  AIRCRAFT DEPARTED DONA ANA COUNTY AIRPORT (5T6) AND CLIMBED TO 9,500 FEET ENROUTE TO SAN ANGELO, TEXAS (SJT) FOR AN INTENDED FUEL STOP.  DURING THE DECENT INTO SJT, THE PILOT REDUCED POWER AND SCANNED ENGINE INSTRUMENTS.  APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES LATER, THE PILOT NOTICED A LOSS IN OIL PRESSURE.  THE PILOT INFORMED SJT APPROACH THAT HE WAS HAVING ENGINE PROBLEMS AND WOULD NOTIFY APPROACH IF HE NEEDED ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE. APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES LATER, THE PILOT REPORTED LOSING ALL OIL PRESSURE AND NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT ENGINE COWLING HAD BEEN DAMAGED FROM THE INSIDE.  THE PILOT NOTIFIED APPROACH THAT HE HAD TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE AND WAS DIRECTED TO DUCOTE AIRPARK (TS65).   THE PILOT PERFORMED EMERGENCY LANDING PROCEDURES AND PROCEEDED TOWARDS TS65.  APPROXIMATELY TWO AND A HALF MILES OUT, THE PILOT NOTICED HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ALTITUDE OR AIRSPEED TO MAKE THE TS65 AND LANDED AIRCRAFT IN AN ADJACENT FIELD.  THE PILOT INFORMED APPROACH THAT HE LANDING SAFELY AND GAVE HIS APPROXIMATE LOCATION.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED DURING EMERGENCY LANDING.  THE PILOT REPORTED A CYLINDER HAD BROKEN OFF THE ENGINE CASE.

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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