# Incident 20131228025909I: Cessna 182A, Morgantown, WV, December 28, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2013, 14:39 local time
- Place: Morgantown, WV
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6375° N, 79.9469° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morgantown, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6375&lon=-79.9469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6025B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6025B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470-L
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131228025909I

## Narrative

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

ON DEPARTURE PILOT HEARD A SOUND AND THEN EXPERIENCED VIBRATION AND A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER.  HE ALSO STATED AT FULL THROTTLE THE ENGINE ONLY PRODUCED ABOUT 50 PERCENT OF POWER.  PILOT WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED AND ALTITUDE. AT THIS TIME HE CONTACTED THE TOWER, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT.  DURING FINAL APPROACH THE ENGINE QUIT BEFORE REACHING THE AIRPORT.  THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT ON RUNWAY 18 AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

A REVIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE RECORDS AND INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMED.

DAMAGE WAS FOUND IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS:

1. ENGINE CASE BROKEN AND MISSING PIECES JUST FORWARD OF THE MAGNETOS

2. RIGHT MAGNETO CASE FLANGE BROKEN AND SEPARATED FROM ENGINE CASE.

3. LEFT MAGNETO LOOSE.

4. # 6 CYLINDER PISTON MISSING, PISTON PIECES FOUND IN THE ENGINE AND LYING BETWEEN #3 AND #5 CYLINDERS. PISTON PIN FOUND INTACT IN THE CONNECTING ROD ASSEMBLY.

MAINTENANCE LOG ENTRIES INDICATED THAT NO MAINTENANCE HAD BEEN PERFORMED WITHIN THE AREA OF THE DAMAGE FOR SOME TIME.

NO EVIDENCE WAS FOUND ON THE #6 CYLINDER INTERNAL WALLS TO INDICATE A SEIZURE HAD OCCURRED. ALSO, NO ABNORMAL WEAR OR SCRATCHES WERE FOUND ON THE CYLINDER WALLS. VALVE ASSEMBLY MOVED AND FUNCTIONED NORMAL WHEN ENGINE WAS ROTATED.  THE PORTIONS OF THE PISTON THAT WERE RECOVERED SHOWED NO SIGNS OF ABNORMAL WEAR.

ALL INSPECTIONS AND AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES UP TO DATE.

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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