ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 292094
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| Date: | Friday 7 July 2006 |
| Time: | 10:45 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 182M Skylane |
| Owner/operator: | Jb Av Enterprises Incorported |
| Registration: | N71471 |
| MSN: | 18259635 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5757 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-470-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Milledgeville, Georgia -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Parker Field, SC (SC47) |
| Milledgeville-Baldwin County Airport, GA (KMLJ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot stated that he was at an altitude of 6,500 feet on a short cross-country flight. As he approach his destination, and began to descend, he reported that the flight was normal. He leveled off at 3,500 feet, and suddenly noticed that the oil pressure gauge was reading zero. He crosschecked his instruments and everything seemed normal. He rechecked the cylinder head temperature and the oil temperature, and they were in the normal range. The engine was still running smoothly and he continued toward the airport. However, he began to look for possible landing sites, and made a turn to the east. He positioned the airplane closer to some fields that he saw in the distance. Approximately two minutes later he stated that there was an rpm surge, and realized that this was a "true oil loss." A minute later the engine stopped. He made an emergency landing in a field, and collided with logging debris. Examination of the engine by an FAA inspector and an A
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL06LA101
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 08-Oct-2022 14:27 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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