# Accident 20170714023059A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Ogden, UT, July 14, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2017, 19:50 local time
- Place: Ogden, UT
- Airport: Ogden-Hinckley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1956° N, 112.0131° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1956&lon=-112.0131&mi=10
- Aircraft: N754AP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N754AP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR22 (registry code 2130001, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-N (registry code 17215, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,394 total, 1,394 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR17LA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA157) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170714023059A

## Narrative

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

ON LONG FINAL ABOUT 1,500 AGL THE PILOT HEARD A BANG AND A SHUDDER, PILOT NOTICED THE OIL PRESSURE WAS ABOUT 35 PSI BUT RPM WAS STILL AT 2250 RPM.

ATC ASKED WHAT WERE HIS INTENTIONS, HE THEN NOTED THE OIL PRESSURE WAS THEN AT ZERO WHEN HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO LAND IN A FIELD.

PILOT SAID HE RETARDED THE POWER LEVER AND LANDED IN THE FIELD.

PICTURES FROM THE RECOVERY COMPANY REVEALED ENGINE FAILURE.

INITIAL REPORTS FROM TCM IS THAT THE ENGINE EXHAUST VALVE CAUSED THE DAMAGE.

## 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 WPR17LA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA157), Jul 15, 2017: Cirrus Design SR22 (N754AP), Ogden, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the No. 4 cylinder exhaust valve head, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to oil starvation.

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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