# Accident 20140524013359A: Cessna 182, Arvin, CA, May 24, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2014, 12:15 local time
- Place: Arvin, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2017° N, 118.8331° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2017&lon=-118.8331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97038, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N97038-2014-09-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL O-470-U
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,687 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14LA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14LA207) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140524013359A

## Narrative

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

WHILE ENROUTE FROM CORONA CA. TO PORTERVILLE CA. THE OCCUPANTS OF THE AIRCRAFT FIRST EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER FOLLOWED BY SMOKE COMING INTO THE COCKPIT.  THE SMOKE HAD AN OIL SMELL TO IT.  THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND ASKED FOR VECTORS TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT.  AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL VECTORED THE PILOT TOWARDS A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF ARVIN, CA.  THE PILOT COULD NOT LOCATE THE AIRSTRIP AND MADE THE DECISION TO LAND IN A FIELD LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY OF ARVIN.  THE PILOT MANEUVERED FOR LANDING ON THE FIELD TO LAND ON A NORTH EASTERLY DIRECTION.  THE PILOT REALIZED THE FIELD HAD LARGE FURROWS ONCE HE WAS COMMITTED TO THE FIELD AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CHANGE LANDING DIRECTION.  UPON TOUCHDOWN THE PILOT HELD AFT PRESSURE FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE WHILE THE AIRCRAFT SKIPPED FROM BURM CREST TO BURM CREST.  WHEN THERE WAS NO LONGER ENOUGH AERODYNAMIC FORCE TO HOLD THE NOSE WHEEL ALOFT THE NOSE GEAR STRUCK THE GROUND AND SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN DID A LOW SPEED SOMMERSAULT COMING TO REST ON ITS ROOF.  PRELIMINARY INVESTIGAITON OF THE ENGINE SHOWS CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE WITH A LARGE HOLE IN THE TOP OF THE ENGINE CASE WHERE A CONNECTING ROD SEPARATED.

## 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 WPR14LA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14LA207), May 24, 2014: Cessna 182 (N97038), Arvin, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to reconnect the air-oil separator return line after completing an oil change, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to oil starvation.

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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