# Incident 20170707018519I: Cessna 172S, Augusta, MO, July 7, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2017, 12:26 local time
- Place: Augusta, MO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5708° N, 90.8793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Augusta, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5708&lon=-90.8793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5331K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5331K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 700 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170707018519I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS AT CRUISE ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 3000FT WHEN THE PILOT EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE. THE CYLINDER FRACTURED FROM THE LEFT ENGINE CASE HALF. THE PILOT LANDED OFF AIRPORT IN A FIELD WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. IT WAS DISCOVERED THE ENGINE CONNECTION ROD BUSHING P/N LW-13923 WAS INSTALLED AND WAS A SUSPECTED UN-APPROVED PART. THIS WAS ONE OF MANY LYCOMING ENGINES REQUIRING COMPLIANCE WITH AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE 2017-16-11 DATED AUGUST 15, 2017. COMPLIANCE WITH LYCOMING SERVICE BULLETIN 632B DATED AUGUST 4, 2017 DUE TO FAULTY CONNECTION ROD BUSHINGS AND CONNECTION RODS ASSEMBLIES WAS DIRECTED BY THE AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE.

## Other reports on N5331K (2)

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

- [Incident 20220531003349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220531003349I), May 31, 2022: Cessna 172S (N5331K), Vinemont, AL, Minor damage. Aircraft veered from taxiway resulting in a propeller strike of a taxiway light.
- [Incident 20070527008859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070527008859I), May 27, 2007: Cessna 172S (N5331K), Olathe, KS, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] conducted an introductory flight lesson with a first time student in the left seat, and one passenger in the back of 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.

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