# NTSB SEA84FA201: Cessna 182E, N3159Y, Prineville, OR, August 18, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: August 18, 1984, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Prineville, OR
- Coordinates: 44.100395, -120.660591 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1004&lon=-120.6606&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39822
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84FA201
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39822/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84FA201

## 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

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, cruise - normal
  - engine assembly,connecting rod - failure,total (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3159Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182E
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18254159
- Airframe hours: 3938
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 31; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840818041189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840818041189A), Aug 18, 1984: Cessna 182E, Prineville, OR, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Engine threw a rod. Pilot misjudged forced landing striking trees. Rod cap bolt for number 5 piston had failed.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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