20230416016419I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna R172K · Tyrone, OK · April 16, 2023

Date
April 16, 2023 · 13:28 local
Place
Tyrone, OK
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N9681V
Reported as
Cessna R172K
Reported engine
Continental IO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
7,010 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While flying from dodge city Kansas (kddc), heading toward albequerque (kaeg) at approximately 1328, at 4500 MSL, the pilot observed loos of oil pressure. He notified Kansas city center and declared an emergency. The engine began to vibrate and the smell of hot oil and smoke filled the cockpit. The pilot selected a dirt road northeast of Tyrone, OK. H landed safely with no injuries or damage to the airframe, excluding the engine. A locaal fermer towed privacy data omitted to his property. An inspection of the engine revealed a cracked upper casewith a portion of a connecting rod journal protuding at the base of # two cylinder.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE FLYING FROM DODGE CITY KANSAS (KDDC), HEADING TOWARD ALBEQUERQUE (KAEG) AT APPROXIMATELY 1328, AT 4500 MSL, THE PILOT OBSERVED LOOS OF OIL PRESSURE. HE NOTIFIED KANSAS CITY CENTER AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND THE SMELL OF HOT OIL AND SMOKE FILLED THE COCKPIT. THE PILOT SELECTED A DIRT ROAD NORTHEAST OF TYRONE, OK. H LANDED SAFELY WITH NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME, EXCLUDING THE ENGINE. A LOCAAL FERMER TOWED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO HIS PROPERTY. AN INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED A CRACKED UPPER CASEWITH A PORTION OF A CONNECTING ROD JOURNAL PROTUDING AT THE BASE OF # TWO CYLINDER.

Other reports on N9681V · 2

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