ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 298803
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| Date: | Thursday 29 June 2000 |
| Time: | 07:50 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 182K Skylane |
| Owner/operator: | Prescott Precision Die |
| Registration: | N3094Q |
| MSN: | 18258094 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3747 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-470-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mayer, Arizona -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Prescott, AZ (KPRC) |
| Phoenix, AZ (KPHX) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane collided with terrain during a forced landing following a catastrophic engine failure. The commercial pilot reported that he had the single engine airplane established in a cruise climb when he heard and felt a loud explosion coming from the engine. He then observed numerous punctures in the top of the engine cowling after the explosion, and reported that the engine stopped running within 10 seconds. The pilot elected to land on a gravel road. He reported that the airplane touched down at 70 knots and eventually ran off the side of the gravel road, which had a sharp bend to the left. The airplane impacted low brush and boulders and traveled down a hill before coming to rest. The engine underwent its last overhaul on June 16, 2000, and had accumulated approximately 5 hours since the overhaul, 2 of which were in the engine test cell. Post-accident examination of the engine revealed that the two connecting rod bolt nuts for the number 6 rod were laying in the bottom of the engine case. The nuts were not stripped or damaged.
Probable Cause: the total loss of engine power resulting from the mechanic's failure to properly torque the connecting rod bolt nuts during engine overhaul.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX00LA244
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 August 1967 | N3094Q | Private Owner | 0 | Canaan, CT | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 15-Oct-2022 22:54 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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