# Incident 20160519005919I: Cessna 172S, Hamstead, MD, May 19, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 2016, 20:15 local time
- Place: Hamstead, MD
- Airport: Carrol County Regional Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N789EP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N789EP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 11,500 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160519005919I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 19, 2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 2010 THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN A CLIMB FROM 1500 FT MSL TO 2500 FT MSL AND EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE.  THE PILOT IN COMMAND STATED THAT UPON INITIATING THE CLIMB A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD AND THE ENGINE DEVELOPED A MODERATE TO SEVERE VIBRATION. ENGINE OIL PRESSURE WAS OBSERVED TO BE RAPIDLY DECREASING.  THE ENGINE OUT CHECKLIST WAS COMPLETED AND A SUITABLE FIELD WAS SELECTED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED WITHOUT DAMAGE. AFTER LANDING THE ENGINE COWLING WAS COVERED IN OIL.  UPON FURTHER INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT ONE CYLINDER HAD CRACKED OPEN.

## Other reports on N789EP (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20180525005919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180525005919A), May 25, 2018: Cessna 172S (N789EP), Westminster, MD, Substantial damage. Private pilot landed N789EP (Cessna 172S) at kdmw on rwy 16 on 05/25/2018 around 2300L with a hard landing damaging aircraft. Subsequent maintenance inspection…
- [Accident 20110701014019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110701014019A), Jul 1, 2011: Cessna 172S (N789EP), Cambridge, MD, Substantial damage. Pilot bounced aircraft on landing. On the second bounce the nose came down hard and the prop hit the runway. The firewall was damaged and the forward belly…
- [Accident 20100604005539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100604005539A), Jun 4, 2010: Cessna 172S (N789EP), Middle River, MD, Substantial damage. Aircraft had hard landing at mtn. Substantial damage to aircraft:firewall wrinkled, prop strike, cowling shock mounts torn from brackets, wrinkles from main…

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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