# Incident 20240527007259I: Cessna 172E, Macon, MS, May 27, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2024, 16:30 local time
- Place: Macon, MS
- Airport: Macon Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1337° N, 88.5360° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MACON MUNI (20M), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1337&lon=-88.5360&mi=10
- Aircraft: N405JM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N405JM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 768 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240527007259I

## Narrative

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

EXPERIENCED AN UNCONTAINED CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE AND DIVERTED TO 20M THEN LANDED ON RUNWAY 36 WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. PARTS OF ENGINE BLEW OFF. POB: 2, INJURIES: NONE, DAMAGE: EXTENT UNKNOWN.

PILOT INDICATED THIS WAS AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. THE STUDENT WAS DOING SOME PATTERN WORK. AFTER THE 3RD TOUCH AND GO, DURING THE CLIMBOUT, THEY HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THE AIRCRAFT LOST SIGNIFICANT POWER. THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK THE CONTROLS AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE ENGINE HAD LOST ALL OF IT'S OIL. THE FLIGHT WAS 0.9 HOURS ACCORDING TO THE HOBBS METER. THE PREFLIGHT OIL CHECK SHOWED 6.5 QUARTS OF OIL ON THE DIPSTICK. IT APPEARS THAT THE #6 CYLINDER CONECTING ROD FAILED DUE TO LOSS OF OIL AND KNOCKED A LARGE HOLE IN THE TOP OF THE CRANKCASE. IT IS SUSPECTED THAT THE RECENTLY INSTALLED STC'D OIL FILTER KIT INSTALLED AND FOUND TO BE LOOSE MAY HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE OF THE OIL LOSS. BUT NO PROOF TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE.

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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