# Accident 20161124016439A: Cessna 182A, Safford, AZ, November 24, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 2016, 07:50 local time
- Place: Safford, AZ
- Airport: Safford Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8717° N, 109.6353° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8717&lon=-109.6353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6077B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6077B-2018-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 15,140 total, 954 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR17LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161124016439A

## Narrative

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

ON 11/24/2016 AT 0750 MST A C182A TAIL # N6077B WITH 4 POB, ONE POB WAS AN 18 MONTH INFANT AND ONE POB WAS PREGNANT.  NO INJURIES.  THE PILOT NOTICED AN ABNORMAL OIL PRESSURE READING OF 15 LBS AND HIS NORMAL OIL PRESSURE IS USUALLY 60 LBS OF PRESSURE.  THE PILOT DECIDED TO TURN BACK TO THE AIRPORT DURING CLIMB OUT AFTER TAKEOFF AND ON THE WAY BACK THE ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH AND THEN SHUT OFF 8 MINUTES LATER.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED 3 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF THE SAFFORD AIRPORT (SAD) IN THE DESERT, WHERE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON THE FIRST IMPACT WITH A SAND MOUND AND SHEARED OFF AND THEN THE AIRCRAFT LANDED NOSE DOWN INTO A SECOND SAND MOUND  AFTER ROLLING THROUGH A FEW HUNDRED FEET OF DESERT. THE AIRCRAFT STOOD ON ITS NOSE BRIEFLY AND THEN SETTLED BACK ONTO ITS MAIN GEARS.  FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE OIL PUMP WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE NTSB.

## 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 WPR17LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA038), Nov 24, 2016: Cessna 182A (N6077B), Safford, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power due to the failure of the No. 5 piston, piston pin, or connecting rod assembly for reasons that could not be determined due to the severity of the post fracture damage.

## Other reports on N6077B (1)

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

- [Incident 19951007038829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951007038829I), Oct 7, 1995: Cessna 182A (N6077B), Reserve, NM, Minor damage. Narrative: on October 7, 1995, student pilot, marie annette yapp was on a cross country flight from avra valley, AZ to safford, AZ in a Cessna 182, N6077B.…

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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