# Incident 20170904021649I: Cessna 180, Pottsboro, TX, September 4, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2017, 14:00 local time
- Place: Pottsboro, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7703° N, 96.6713° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pottsboro, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7703&lon=-96.6713&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2916C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2916C-2022-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170904021649I

## Narrative

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

ON 9/4/2017 1200 P.M. LOCAL TIME, THE PILOT AND MECHANIC OF N2916C PROCEEDED TO PREFLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT SINCE IT HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY RESTORED. BOTH PILOT AND MECHANIC REVIEW MX LOGS AND BRIEFED ON HOW TO RUN THE ENGINE. PILOT INFORMED RUN UP WAS SUCCESSFUL AND DEPARTED FROM KSWI RUNWAY 16. PILOT DECIDED TO STAY IN THE PATTERN FOR ONE LAP JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WORKED AS ADVERTISED.  AFTERWARDS, PILOT DEPARTED TO THE NORTH JUST SOUTH OF LAKE TEXOMA AND LEVELED OFF AT 2,500 FT.  POWER WAS SET TO 24 INCHES OF MANIFOLD AND 2,400 RPM. AFTER 20 MINUTES OF FLIGHT, PROPELLER RPM INCREASED FOLLOWED BY ENGINE VIBRATION WITH AN IMMEDIATE OIL PRESSURE REDUCTION.  PILOT IMMEDIATELY TURNED TOWARDS AN EMPTY FIELD, ATTAINED SPEED FOR GLIDE SPEED AND SELECTED FULL FLAPS ON SHORT FINAL.  ENGINE WAS PRODUCING PARTIAL POWER UNTIL ROLL OUT WHEN ENGINE SEIZED.  LANDING WAS SUCCESSFUL WITH NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR DAMAGE TO AIRPLANE.

## Other reports on N2916C (1)

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

- [Accident 20040328004739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040328004739A), Mar 28, 2004: Cessna 180 (N2916C), Aberdeen, SD, Substantial damage. (-23) On March 28, 2004, at approximately 2:40 pm CDT, a Cessna m/n CE-180-180, N2916C, operated by ATP pilot peter h. lamkin, attempted to make a forced…

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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