# Incident 20140628012089I: Cessna 172RG, Pennsville, NJ, June 28, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2014, 10:35 local time
- Place: Pennsville, NJ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6549° N, 75.4987° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pennsville, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6549&lon=-75.4987&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6527V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6527V-2018-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 836 total, 300 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140628012089I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOOK OFF FROM ILG AT 1030 LOCAL. DURING CLIMB OUT PIC NOTICE AN ENGINE RPM FLUX. PIC NOTIFIED ILG REQUESTING TO

RETURN TO ILG, RETURN TO ILG WAS APPROVED. DURING BANKING TURN ENGINE QUIT. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE ENGINE, TWICE.

ENGINE WOULDN'T RE-START, PROPELLER DID NOT ROTATE, AIRCRAFT WAS AT 1000 FEET AGL. PIC DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND PICKED OUT A CLEAR LANDING AREA ALONG THE DELAWARE RIVER. PIC MADE A NO POWER, GEAR UP LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A MUD FLAT.

DELAWARE STATE POLICE HELICOPTER EXTRACTED THE PILOT & PASSENGER. PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS UNKNOWN AT TIME, DUE THE AIRCRAFT BEING INACCESSIBLE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED THE FROM MUD FLAT BY HELICOPTER ON MONDAY 30 JUNE 2014. INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE ENGINE WAS SEIZED; THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE ENGINE CRANK CASE. AN OIL LINE FROM THE ENGINE ACCESSORY CASE TO THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE/TRANSMITTER WAS FOUND NOT FULLY TIGHT/FLUSH WITH THE HOSE FLARE AND THE CASE  90 DEGREE  NIPPLE FITTING.  AIRFRAME DAMAGE IS AS FOLLOWS; NOSE GEAR DOORS, THREE BELLY SKIN PANELS, UPPER & LOWER ANTENNA MAST/S, COWL FLAPS, PILOT DOOR HINGE, ONE PROPELLER BLADE POSSIBILITY BENT AFT. AN ENGINE TEAR DOWN INSPECTION REPORT HAS BEEN REQUESTED.

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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