ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 44488
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| Date: | Tuesday 24 May 2005 |
| Time: | 11:19 |
| Type: |  Cessna R182 Skylane RG |
| Owner/operator: | Gace Flying Club, Inc. |
| Registration: | N756PN |
| MSN: | R18201125 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6150 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-540 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | New Fairfield, CT -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Malone, NY (MAL) |
| Islip, NY (ISP) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane was in cruise flight, at 4,000 feet, when the engine lost oil pressure. The pilot reported the difficulty to air traffic control, was given vectors to an airport 10 miles to the south, and cleared for a descent. About 2 minutes after the pilot's initial call, he reported the engine had seized. Unable to reach the airport, the pilot attempted the forced landing in a sports field of relatively short length. The airplane glided low over the field, but continued beyond the end where it hit trees. The airplane then impacted the ground, and a postcrash fire ensued. A subsequent examination of the engine revealed that the aluminum-clad bearings from the number two connecting rod had failed, and that the rod beam and cap had separated.
Probable Cause: Failure of the aluminum-clad, number two connecting rod bearings, which resulted in a total loss of engine power. A factor was the relatively short forced landing area.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20050602X00708&key=1
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2008 00:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:24 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 06-Dec-2017 08:12 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
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