# Incident 20160925017419I: Cessna 182P, Forsyth, GA, September 25, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2016, 12:00 local time
- Place: Forsyth, GA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0535° N, 83.9600° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Forsyth, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0535&lon=-83.9600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6496F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6496F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 914 total, 800 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160925017419I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2016 THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF N6496F WAS ON A ROUTINE FLIGHT FROM PENSACOLA, FLORIDA (KPNS) TO CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA (KJQF) WITH ONE PERSON ON BOARD.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD JUST LEVELED OFF AT 3500? OUT OF 5500? DUE TO SCATTERED CLOUDS OVER FORSYTH, GEORGIA WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH.  A FEW SECONDS LATER THE PILOT NOTICED ENGINE PARTS STARTING TO FLY OUT OF THE UPPER COWLING AND OIL COVERING THE WINDSCREEN. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND NOTIFIED ATLANTA APPROACH THAT HE WAS ON A DOWNWIND FLIGHT TO HIS CHOSEN AREA. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO SAFELY LAND THE AIRCRAFT ON AN ASPHALT ROAD COURSE THAT IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE GEORGIA PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING FACILITY IN FORSYTH, GEORGIA. DURING LANDING THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WITH NO INJURIES ON BOARD.

ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2016 AN INSPECTOR FROM THE ATLANTA FSDO WAS DISPATCHED TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE EMERGENCY LANDING AND ENGINE FAILURE. A THOROUGH EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT AT THE ACCIDENT SITE SHOWED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF THE EMERGENCY LANDING. THE MINOR DAMAGE CONSISTED OF A TEAR TO THE SKIN OF THE RIGHT WING TIP AND RIGHT MAIN TIRE COVER. FURTHER EVALUATION SHOWED A 4 INCH ROUND HOLE IN THE TOP REAR OF THE ENGINE COWLING AND OIL COVERING THE FRONT END OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE ENGINE COWLING WAS REMOVED AND REVEALED A 6 INCH HOLE IN THE TOP REAR OF THE ENGINE CASE. LYING ON TOP OF THE ENGINE WAS A BROKEN CONNECTING ROD THAT APPEARED TO HAVE BROKEN AT THE CRANKSHAFT END OF THE ROD. ADDITIONAL EXAMINATION SHOWED THAT THE ENGINE CASE HALVES DID NOT APPEAR TO LINE UP CORRECTLY AND THE IDENTIFICATION SERIAL NUMBERS WERE NOT VISIBLE. NO OTHER DAMAGED WAS OBSERVED.

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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