# Incident 20161113018499I: Cessna 172RG, Addison, TX, November 13, 2016 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: November 13, 2016, 15:00 local time - Place: Addison, TX - Airport: Addison Airport - Damage: No damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Approach - Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141) - Operator: JM8S - Location: 32.9686° N, 96.8365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ADDISON (ADS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9686&lon=-96.8365&mi=10 - Aircraft: N751DW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N751DW) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (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 172RG - Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor - Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161113018499I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON 11/13/2016 AT 1530 HOURS I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE REGIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER CONCERNING AIRCRAFT N751DW A CE 172 RG BELONGING TO AMERICAN FLYERS JM8S. I ARRIVED AT ADDISON AIRPORT (ADS) AT 1630 HOURS AND GOT STATEMENTS FROM BOTH PILOTS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOTS. CFI STATED UPON GETTING CLEARANCE FROM AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) TO LAND ON RUNWAY 15 AT 2500 FEET HE REDUCED POWER AND THEN HEARD ROUGHNESS AND HAD OIL COVERING THE WINDSHIELD. HE INDICATED HE RECOGNIZED THIS TO BE AN ENGINE FAILURE AND CONTACTED ATC TO REQUEST AN EMERGENCY LANDING. AT THAT TIME HE TOOK OVER FLYING THE PLANE. THE PILOT FLYING LEFT SEAT STATED THE SAME CONDITIONS OF THE AIRCRAFT AND SEQUENCE OF EVENTS THAT FOLLOWED. UPON LANDING THE PLANE IT WENT SHORT OF THE RUNWAY INTO A GRASSY AREA NOT CAUSING ANY DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER OR THE AIRCRAFT AIRFRAME. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO ONE OF AMERICAN FLYERS HANGERS. INSPECTORS FROM THIS OFFICE CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION OF THE BOLTS USED FOR THE NUMBER TWO CONNECTING ROD AND END CAP. ONE OF THE BOLTS SHOWED SIGNS OF A 45 DEGREE FRACTURE AND SIGNS OF BEING STRETCHED AND BENDING CAUSING THE BOLT TO BREAK. THE END CAP ALSO SHOWED SIGNS OF BEING DEFORMED FROM ONE OF THE TWO BOLTS BREAKING CAUSING THE REMAINING BOLT TO CARRY THE LOAD OF TWO. THE OTHER BOLT HAD FRACTURED AT THE LOWER THREADED AREA WITH SIGNS OF STRESS FATIGUE AND IS BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST BOLT TO FAIL. THIS APPEARS TO BE THE REASON FOR THE NUMBER TWO CONNECTING ROD FAILURE. ## Other reports on N751DW (3) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20240523007629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240523007629A), May 23, 2024: Cessna 172RG (N751DW), Boothville, LA, Substantial damage. While flying for a fish spotting operation in the gulf of Mexico the pilot noticed smoke in the cockpit. He checked his gages and noticed the engine was losing… - [Incident 20150330005639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150330005639I), Mar 30, 2015: Cessna 172RG (N751DW), Addison, TX, Minor damage. Incident occurred involving student and instructor conducting after landing checks. The student inadvertently raised the landing gear handle when intending to… - [Incident 20141110020109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141110020109I), Nov 10, 2014: Cessna 172RG (N751DW), Spring, TX, Minor damage. Three 25 hour servicing intervals of the landing gear hydraulic reservoir were not completed nor recorded in the maintenance logs. At an undetermined time, the… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.