- Date
- August 18, 1984, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Prineville, OR
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3159YCessna 182E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840818041189A
- Case key
- 39822
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Analysis
The acft hit a tree during a forced landing approach to a large open field after an engine failure. Post accident investigatiion revealed that a rod cap bolt had failed which started the internal destruction of the engine. This bolt was installed as a new part during major overhaul in 5/84 and had accrued 120 hours total time in service.
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.
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Engine assembly,connecting rod - failure,totalCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Clearance - not maintained
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3159Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 182E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18254159
- Airframe hours
- 3,938
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 265 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Logan & Reavis Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 27, 1984 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- MFR · Medford, OR
- Destination
- PDT · Pendleton, OR
- Airport
- S39 · Princeville
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 213 total · 37 in this make and model · 170 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.