# Incident 20240913012049I: Cessna 182R, Huntsville, TX, September 13, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2024, 14:30 local time
- Place: Huntsville, TX
- Airport: Huntsville Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.7469° N, 95.5872° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HUNTSVILLE MUNI (UTS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7469&lon=-95.5872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2659K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2659K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182R (registry code 2072731, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 585 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240913012049I

## Narrative

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

AT CRUISE FLIGHT, BOTH PILOTS FELT A SLIGHT “THUD” AND SMELLED A FAINT CHEMICAL SMELL.  WITH NO ABNORMALITIES NOTED, THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING VERY ROUGH AND SMOKE STARTED TO ENTER THE AIRCRAFT.  PILOTS SECURED THE ENGINE POWER, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND CONTINUED DESCENT TO KUTS.  AFTER LANDING SMOKE OBSERVED COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, FIRE EXTINGUISHER WAS DISCHARGED INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. PILOTS OBSERVED THE SPINNER WAS MISSING FROM THE PROPELLOR.    THE NOSE TIRE WAS OBSERVED TO BE FLAT.  AFTER REMOVING ENGINE COWLING, A HOLE WAS OBSERVED ON THE TOP OF THE ENGINE BLOCK AT THE REAR TWO CYLINDERS WITH A CYLINDER CONNECTING ROD RESTING ON TOP OF THE ENGINE.

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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