# Incident 20120306004069I: Cessna 152, Ivanhoe, NC, March 6, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 2012, 17:23 local time
- Place: Ivanhoe, NC
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5836° N, 78.2517° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ivanhoe, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5836&lon=-78.2517&mi=10
- Aircraft: N127ED, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N127ED) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 291 total, 188 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120306004069I

## Narrative

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

AT AN ALTITUDE OF 4500 FT IN CRUISE FLIGHT PILOT CONTACTED ILM TOWER, REPORTED LOSS OF ENGINE OIL PRESSURE, ADVISED IT COULD NOT REACH AN AIRFIELD, AND WAS SETTING DOWN IN A FIELD OR ON A ROAD.  AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A FIELD WITH NO APPARENT SECONDARY AIRFRAME DAMAGE INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE FORCED LANDING.  VISUAL EXTERNAL EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED AN 8 INCH SQUARE AREA OF THE BOTTOM OF THE CRANKCASE MISSING BY THE NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO CYLINDERS.  THE CONNECTING ROD FOR THE NUMBER ONE CYLINDER WAS NOT CONNECTED, THE ROD CONNECTION BOLTS WERE IN PLACE BUT BROKEN.  THE CRANKSHAFT JOURNAL DID NOT SHOW EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE.  ONE OF THE NUMBER TWO CYLINDER PUSH RODS WAS BENT.

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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