# Incident 20180829015559I: Cessna 177, Ponca City, OK, August 29, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2018, 16:10 local time
- Place: Ponca City, OK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7210° N, 97.0684° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ponca City, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7210&lon=-97.0684&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3484T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3484T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 205 total, 202 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180829015559I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 29, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 CST, A CESSNA 177, N3484T, EXPERIENCED ENGINE PROBLEMS SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF WHILE DEPARTING PONCA CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT (PNC)  PONCA CITY, OKLAHOMA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE PILOT REPORTED NOTICING A PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE AFTER GLANCING AT THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE AND SEEING THAT THE OIL PRESSURE HAD DROPPED TO ZERO BUT ALSO NOTICED THAT OIL TEMPERATURE, CYLINDER HEAD TEMPERATURES, AND EGT WERE ALL READING NORMAL.  THE PILOT DECIDED TO ATTEMPT A RETURN TO PNC BUT WITHIN A FEW MINUTES THE PILOT NOTICED THE CYLINDER HEAD TEMPERATURES INCREASING AND THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN VERY ROUGH. THE PILOT THEN DECIDED TO SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN AND LOOKED FOR A PLACE TO LAND. UNABLE TO MAKE IT BACK TO PNC, THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON A RURAL DIRT ROAD APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF PONCA CITY. AS A PART OF THE LANDING ROLLOUT, THE AIRCRAFT PASSED THROUGH A STREET INTERSECTION AND THE LEFT WING CLIPPED A STOP SIGN WITH THE LEFT WINGTIP EXPERIENCING MINOR DAMAGE. NEITHER THE PILOT NOR THE PASSENGER WERE INJURED. POST LANDING INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE REVEALED THAT AN OIL LINE CONNECTED TO THE ENGINE HAD BROKEN OFF WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO LOSE OIL PRESSURE RESULTING IN ENGINE SHUTDOWN AND SUBSEQUENT EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE DIRT ROAD.

## Other reports on N3484T (2)

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

- [Incident 19890114011999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890114011999I), Jan 14, 1989: Cessna 177 (N3484T), Shelter Island, NY, Minor damage. Landed on soft sod runway downwind. Nose wheel dug in and was bent rearward. Propeller damaged.
- [Incident 19810315039299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810315039299I), Mar 15, 1981: Cessna 177 (N3484T), White Plains, NY. Engine lost power. Emergency landing. Found fuel contamination.

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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