# Incident 20170128000819I: Cessna 182T, Savannah, GA, January 28, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 2017, 14:24 local time
- Place: Savannah, GA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0835° N, 81.0998° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Savannah, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0835&lon=-81.0998&mi=10
- Aircraft: N288CP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N288CP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182T (registry code 2072703, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-AB1A5 (registry code 41808, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-ab1a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-AB1A5
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 8,367 total, 55 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170128000819I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT N288CP DEPARTED KSAV, RUNWAY 01, AT APPROXIMATELY 1521 ON 01/28/2017. ONCE AIRBORNE AND PASSING APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET THE PILOT WAS INSTRUCTED TO TURN LEFT HEADING 280 DEGREES AND CONTACT DEPARTURE. AT APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET THE PILOT STARTED THE TURN AND WAS ROLLING OUT ON HEADING AND WAS CLEARED ON COURSE. THE PILOT STATES THAT WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING CLEARANCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROACHING 1000 FEET AND AT THAT MOMENT, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND STARTED VIBRATING BADLY. THE PILOT STARTED AN IMMEDIATE LEFT TURN TOWARD THE CENTER OF THE AIRPORT TOWARDS RUNWAY 19. THE OBSERVER SWITCHED BACK TO TOWER FREQUENCY WITHOUT ADVISING DEPARTURE. THE OBSERVER DECLARED AN EMERGENCYAND THE TOWER CLEARED AIRCRAFT FOR RUNWAY 10, THE PILOT DECLINED AND ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD BE LANDING ON 19. THE PILOT MADE A MID-FIELD LANDING ON RUNWAY 19 WHICH WAS UNEVENTFUL THE PILOT SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND COASTED CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY AT THE SOUTH END OF BRAVO TAXIWAY. THE PILOT STATES THAT THE #1 CYLINDER HEAD TEMPERATURE WAS COMPLETELY PEGGED IN THE RED PRIOR TO SHUTTING THE ENGINE DOWN. THE PILOT ALSO STATES THAT THE TIME FROM CROSSING THE HOLD LINE FOR TAKE OFF UNTIL CROSSING IT AFTER LANDING WAS APPROXIMATELY 4 MINUTES.

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