Service difficulty report · Rocker Boss · Cessna 182P

Difficulty date
October 24, 2023
Submitted
October 24, 2023
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N8443M
Make and model
Cessna 182P
Aircraft serial
18264605
Aircraft time
2,764 hours
Engine
Cont O470S
Engine time
2,764 hours
Part
Rocker Boss
Part number
UNKNOWN
Condition
Broken
Location
Engine
Part time
2,764 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
B, A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

PILOT REPORTED THAT APPROX. AN HOUR INTO FLIGHT AT 3500 FEET AND 30 DEGREES AND ON AUTOPILOT, EXPERIENCED SEVERE ENGINE VIBRATION AND REDUCED POWER. PILOT REDUCED POWER TO AROUND 1700-1800 RPM IN EFFORT TO DECREASE VIBRATION. ULTIMATELY MADE EMERGENCY LANDING INTO A SOYBEAN FIELD. POST ACCIDENT ENGINE INSPECTION PERFORMED BY FAA AND NTSB REVEALED THAT THE #6 CYLINDER, EXHAUST ROCKER BOSS WAS BROKEN AND SEPARATED FROM THE CYLINDER. AS THE ROCKER COVER WAS REMOVED, THE BROKEN ROCKER BOSS, THE ROCKER ARM, ROCKER PIN AND WASHERS FELL OUT. SEE ATQA ACE1923035.

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