- Date
- June 7, 1987, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Vera Cruz, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7426QCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870607018989A
- Case key
- 30661
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt rprtd that while en route at 3500 ft, the eng began to vibrate. About 1 min later, oil started covering the windshield & the cockpit began filling with smoke. He shut down the eng & looked for a place to land. Before landing, he restarted the eng, but the oil & smoke became worse, so he shut it down again. While landing in a farmer's field, the landing gear hit an unseen furrow & was damaged. An exam of the eng revealed the #5 piston had failed, which resulted in a punctured case.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7426Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18261066
- Airframe hours
- 4,384
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert T. Vincent, III
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 3, 1986 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- Ocean City, NJ
- Destination
- Benton, PA
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 485 total · 20 in this make and model · 453 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 345° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.