# Incident 20240929014519I: Cessna 182L, Page, AZ, September 29, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2024, 09:15 local time
- Place: Page, AZ
- Airport: Page Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9261° N, 111.4484° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PAGE MUNI (PGA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9261&lon=-111.4484&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3444R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3444R-2025-02-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182L (registry code 2072726, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,374 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240929014519I

## Narrative

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

APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, THE PILOT REPORTED TO GET FLUCTUATIONS ON THE OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR, THE PRESSURE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY GO TO ZERO THEN RETURN TO NORMAL. THEY CROSS-CHECKED THE OIL TEMPERATURE AND CYLINDER HEAD TEMPERATURES, AND THEY INDICATED NORMAL THROUGHOUT THE OIL PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS.  THEY MADE THE DECISION TO CLIMB TO 10,500 FEET AS A PRECAUTION. THE OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR FINALLY STABILIZED TO NORMAL.  APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES LATER THEY HEARD A POP FROM THE ENGINE, AND RPMS REDUCED FROM 2,200 TO APPROXIMATELY 1,300.  PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO LOW ENGINE POWER AND HAD TO MAKE A OFF AIRPORT LANDING APPROXIMATELY 23 MILES EAST OF PGA.

11/13/2025

RECEIVED AN EMAIL ON 11/12/2024 FROM THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATING THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN DETERMINED A TOTAL LOSS BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY DUE TO THE AIRCRAFT BEING FLIPPED OVER BY HIGH WINDS PRIOR TO RECOVERY.

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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