ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 382078
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| Date: | Wednesday 4 May 1983 |
| Time: | 00:47 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172N |
| Owner/operator: | Consolidated Oil Well Ser.,inc |
| Registration: | N1996E |
| MSN: | 17271113 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 608 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-H2AD |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cape Girardeau, MO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Cincinnati, OH (KCVG) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOTS WERE PARTICIPATING IN A GRAND PRIX AIR RACE. AFTER A NORMAL PREFLIGHT, THEY TOOK OFF & CROSSED OVER THE ARPT FOR RACE TIMING PURPOSES. A CLIMB WAS BEGUN ON COURSE, AND A SHORT TIME LATER, THE ENGINE BEGAN LOOSING POWER. THE AIRCREW TURNED BACK TOWARD THE ARPT, BUT THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH, THEN QUIT. DURING A FORCED LANDING IN A MUDDY FIELD, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED & THE ACFT STOPPED ABRUPTLY. AN EXAM OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT A CONNECTING ROD HAD FAILED & PUNCTURED THE CRANKCASE. BEARING DAMAGE WAS EVIDENT THRU-OUT THE ENGINE REFLECTING LACK OF LUBRICATION. TWO MAGNETO DRIVE CUSHIONS WERE FOUND BLOCKING THE OIL SYS PICK-UP TUBE. THESE WERE IN ADDITION TO THE TWO WHICH WERE PROPERLY INSTALLED IN THE MAGNETO DRIVE SYS. AN OPENING BETWEEN THE ACCESSORY SECTION & THE OIL SUMP WOULD ALLOW THE CUSHIONS TO ENTER THE OIL SUMP.
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Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MKC83LA100
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